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#Broadview #ICE facility a ‘black box’ where #immigrants denied access to #lawyers, #medicine, lawsuit claims
The ACLU of #Illinois & others ask a federal judge to intervene against “inhumane” conditions. Federal #immigration officials [who no one believes anymore] say claims that there are “subprime conditions at the Broadview ICE facility are false.”
#Trump #law #Chicago #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/31/advocates-allege-inhumane-conditions-at-chicago-area-ice-facility-in-new-lawsuit
Boy, this is at least the third (or fourth) Episcopalian priest dragged off by ICE.
…The frequent use of #ChemicalAgents raises questions about training & tactics being used by #ICE officers & #BorderPatrol agents. The latter are now heavily involved in #immigration arrests FAR from the US-Mexico #border; most federal agents have scant experience dealing with #protesters in #urban areas. #DHS claims *assaults* [people defending themselves] against officers have risen significantly.
#Trump #law #Chicago #RightToProtest #CivilRights #HumanRights #PoliceBrutality #fascism
Federal #immigration officers are using chemical irritants to *disperse* #protesters in ways that violate #US policing norms & are testing the boundaries of #UseOfForce #laws, video footage from #Chicago shows, in some cases [intentionally] hitting #demonstrators directly with the munitions.
#CBP & #ICE officers have deployed #TearGas in cities around the country, but its use has been especially prevalent in Chicago, where the #Trump admin launched Operation Midway Blitz in Sept….
#ICE & #BorderPatrol’s use of #TearGas injures, sickens & *tests* [breaks] the #law
Federal #immigration agents say chemical agents are needed to disperse *violent* [people exercising their right to #FreeSpeech] protesters. But videos show officers directly firing at people in aggressive & “unorthodox” ways.
#Trump #Chicago #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #PoliceBrutality #fascism #MafiaState #MilitaryState #WhiteSupremacy
https://wapo.st/47h99gA
The Salt Lake Tribune: An ICE arrest at SLC airport sparked debate about bystander action. Here’s what Utah’s leading civil rights group says is allowed.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11/01/ice-arrest-slc-airport-sparks/
"Note how the messaging has shifting from 'we're targeting criminals' to 'we're deporting everyone.'"
~ Aaron Rupar quoted by Greg Dworkin
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #deportations #MaskedThugs #military
ICE’s forced face scans to verify #citizens is #unconstitutional , lawmakers say
#SocialMedia videos have confirmed that #Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( #ICE ) and Customs and #Border Protection ( #CBP ) officers patrolling US streets are actively using #FacialRecognition technology to verify #citizenship
#privacy
A man with a heart vs a heartless man
#JBPritzker, gov of #Illinois, has urged the #Trump admin to suspend its #immigration crackdown in his state from Friday to Sunday, to allow #children to “spend #Halloween weekend without #fear”.
In a letter addressed to #DHS Secy, #KristiNoem [dog killer], & the heads of #ICE & #CBP, Pritzker said federal agents were “ignoring their duty to protect the public & uphold the #constitution”…
#law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/30/illinois-ice-halloween-jb-pritzker
No one needs Menards. There are plenty of alternatives.
#Menards #ICE #DHS #Fascism #BoycottMenards #USPol #HomeDepot #Lowes
TLDR - Inaction = Fascism
(soft or stronger type of fascism, all considered the same from #inaction #perspective)
Might get #deep than a 1-liner here but if you reply we can ALWAYS work this out.
Towards better practices... Constructive Critique below...
#Fediverse is generally diverse but has same traits as Twitter etc people online ... We are evolving but never taught HOW to trust and increase trust online... All you ever heard is do less of this, watch out for that...
Increasing trust (to avoid fascism / have stronger people is part of the 'product' of doing what I suggest should be normal / normalised - otherwise we fall fast into fascism or silent forms of the same).
There need for "fixing" / accepting change of our habits... is not easy but it's measurable... and does have steps to improve...
Improving communication else we die basically (!) alone or fall into more #technocracy / #plutocracy / fascism / anything almost.
Fascism can be the more-comfortable version AS WE HAVE IT NOW... SORRY!
Our bad habits = not talking / helping others is exactly what you are getting ! (not blaming you but you can help)
TLDR = Inaction = Fascism
Constructively "we" all are always are the MAIN problem (not just Trump Musk etc people pour time into... it's about the time the common folk people don't invest into themselves!... ⌚
Talking to each other properly / deeply).... gets us there way faster!
And that hurts to say and to accept perhaps as you or me (measurably) by what we are not doing also... so it needs two to tango and even 1 person to continually show up, for messaging properly to continue and have a place they can always go to (Fediverse let's say), In person can have it's place but it's not always suited for bashing our internal into something more cultivated when we do go out and not yelling at others (even the bad who still do near-0 and continue the bad).
So in taking more responsibility, for people messaging us, for our own #people etc - IT IS OUR INACTION in what we do bad - NOT JUST THE ACTIONS we do generally only for our direct #family)
THE INACTION IS ALSO EVIDENT / THE EVIDENCE, much like how our leaders don't ask testing questions. Not much different. We need to learn to use our own power and not "hope" in leaders always (we give power away a lot by doing that too). It's just us or just #ICE !
TLDR - WATCH OUT FOR THOSE THAT DON'T REPLY -
They can be wasting your time if people-progress interests you (better people as the resultant output at the end) not just improving tech or sciences or more memes - actually developing better people.
Those that don't want to look at themselves or talk outside the box are limited.,.
#FEDI IS PART OF THE SAME PROBLEM AS A POPULATION (NOT magically different people)
People here are NOT AS USEFUL AS THEY MAKE OUT or INTEND !!
They might not see how they are in victim-mode constantly pointing at the others and throwing stones and need to divert some energy into people not on TV etc. People nearer to being able to change (not professional #liers / #politicians )
(Not all #evil but some are really 3hiding from the conversations / just pumping their wares a bit selfishly). Need to listen to almost anyone really trying (check their account too and ask them) else it's rather much circular (doesn't spiral out and reach others).
When they are not responding (but continue to chat to to others online veraciously) that is SAYING SOMETHING too - despite people kindly asking, Even a polite no is better but NOTHING.
It's not just #Twitter - it's the general populations of people in cities that have this "ignore them" switch whenever they encounter a feeling a subject they are not sure about. Not to discuss it AT ALL or risk it with 1 person continents away!
People who seem wonderful as text and media- but don't have a way to talk.
Check my account - I've messaged / tested 100's (10's daily) and the best here... THANK YOU TO MANY (I CAN GIVE YOU A LIST)
BUT often it's a fail after first reply - you'd really be surprised... it's almost like your hero on TV and they turn out to be opposite.
No longer so many hero-people (aesthetically yes) and though it's natural and even very human to "meet the band" and be disappointed - it's I think also very deliberate to say the talk but not walk the walk (like trusting people more and slowly talking about everything to .heal it all). Just to start (no need go all-in).
Despite their skill level... it's almost proportional that more skill / higher techies and some educated seem to be inversely self-blocked or unkilled in socially raising the internet kids... because clever-but-unskilled-socially is worse than messaging people with less of qualified skill.
If they don't reply and don't say why - DON'T RELY ON THEM...
even though it's their right - be a bit wary when they claim to stand for stuff (don't write them off 100% but consider them a 75% potential waste of time). Without communication or trying you are of little use to others (that's a rule for life - though I don't mean people = 0). Just online memes IS NOT ALL OF IT ONLINE. Had to convert to positives and communicate.
Some part of the problem is similar to the other sides (like Fasism) where they are Silent / One-way messaging / Ignorant in smoe other way / not willing to answer / change - IT IS DELIBERATE.
A quick bad example are those in church that claim peace but can't sit down and have a debate (ok outside the church is the right place BUT asking them to sit down after is still hard for them).
THERE IS NO PEACE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT HARD THINGS
AND YOU START TO FEED FASCISTS (OR BE ONE) EVEN IF IT'S A SOFT-TYPE / INDIRECT FORM OF FASCISM.
It's clever but not clever (because it's not genuine and even hiding things - (again quick-bad example - church and it's people hiding banks war on people / keeping people down / giving them debt they don't need but billionaires that are causing problems and harvest people by 'giving' them money).
Be a little wary (it's not 100% #FEDIVERSE but they are bad practising people (not brave enough / #newhere #introduction etc) but if they don't say why THAT IS BAD while - because you see them messaging fast other people - but not you...or after the first posts they cut off suddenly... BAD PRACTICE and even creates problems as we learn how to do this social - it's not easy but answer everyone (especially when you can see you don't have that much going on or need to make the process better else hop one legged).
Hashtag #FreeSchool - Get in contact and make Better People as the "product" & process !
Start somewhere / Pick something within this text to talk about...
A federal trial in #Portland about Trump’s authority to deploy the #NationalGuard to the city got off with a stunning revelation: Troops briefly deployed to a federal #immigration building in South Portland this month, appearing to defy a #CourtOrder issued hours earlier blocking their deployment.
Emails summarizing the federal response say 9 members of the #Oregon Guard were sent to the #ICE facility in Portland & concluded their shift in the early hours of Oct. 5.
"They are perfectly comfortable allowing our children to go hungry and punish undocumented workers as long as the gestapo thugs at ICE keep getting funded. These are the priorities of the Republican Party. Let’s not pretend both sides are the same."
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare #ICE
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"The government shutdown that’s been engineered by the Republican Party at the behest of Donald is wreaking havoc across federal agencies. I think that is exactly as intended, and the damage being done could be long lasting and possibly permanent. That, also, is exactly as intended."
~ Mary L. Trump
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #MikeJohnson #food #SNAP #healthcare #ICE
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ICE abductions in Oxnard today.
KCLU: Five taken into custody during Wednesday morning immigration raid in Oxnard
"...“When they retreated, they retreated with tear gas, they retreated with flash bang grenades (to cover their departure),” said Martinez.
He added that four men with no known criminal records were taken into custody.
Federal prosecutors, however, allege that one of the detainees was arrested for violence against federal agents and vehicles during July’s ICE raid in Camarillo...."
This happened during the same incident where they threw tear gas at children on their way to a Halloween parade.
> Shocking video shows a chaotic scene on a quiet Chicago street as Border Patrol agents in tactical gear drag a 67-year-old man from his car while children in Halloween costumes look on in horror.
> “One of our athletes was on his way home from a team long run yesterday and as he turned onto his block, found that Border Control had the road blocked,” the club wrote.
> “The agents threatened to break his window if he didn’t move his car. Before he could act, they pulled him out of his car, knelt on his back, and subdued him, though he never resisted. They broke six of his ribs and caused internal bleeding.”
#USpol #fascism #authoritarianism #ice #borderpatrol #gestapo #USnews
Samantha Montano/Disasterology
"Just days after I sent the newsletter, a federal three-judge panel reversed the previous ruling that required Florida to cease operations at the Everglades Concentration Camp. Now, because of the government shutdown, the appeals process has come to a standstill (more detailed legal timeline here). In the midst of all this, while Florida argued that federal laws should not apply to the Camp because it was run by the state, FDEM applied for and received a $608 million grant administered by FEMA to cover the cost of the Concentration Camps. Yes, “camps” plural because FDEM has barreled on ahead with “Deportation Depot”.
I was pleased to hear from so many emergency managers (and others) about how they, too, are horrified by what is happening in Florida. My inclination that many people in our field simply did not know about FDEM being used in this way seemed to be correct. I will admit to being disappointed in how few people felt they were able to say so publicly. If you cannot speak out against concentration camps, I have to wonder what you can speak out about. We are in real trouble here."
Florida’s emergency manager has a new job: Detaining immigrants
Kevin Guthrie operates "Alligator Alcatraz." Some emergency managers worry that could scare Hispanic residents away from seeking help in a hurricane or other disaster.
#disasters #EmergencyManagement #ICE #Fascism #ConcentrationCamps
U.S. immigration authorities are using smartphone facial recognition technology in the field to determine whether people are citizens, @404mediaco reports. Officers use an app called Mobile Fortify, which has a bank of 200M images and data from the State Department, CBP, FBI, and states as well as datasets relating to “individuals, vehicles, airplanes, vessels, addresses, phone numbers and firearms,” according to a memo viewed by 404's @josephcox. Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement: “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship — including a birth certificate — if the app says the person is an alien.
#Technology #Tech #ICE #USNews #TrumpAdministration #Immigration
“This is a political prosecution & a gross attempt to silence #dissent, a right protected under the #FirstAmendment. This case is a major push by the #Trump administration to criminalize #protest & punish anyone who speaks out against them,” Abughazaleh said in a video posted to BlueSky.
#law #immigration #Chicago #Constitution #RightToProtest #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #MilitaryState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
A #Democratic congressional candidate in #Illinois has been indicted along with 5 others over blocking vehicles during #protests outside a federal #immigration enforcement building in suburban #Chicago, according to court documents.
The indictment, filed last week by a special grand jury, accuses Kat Abughazaleh of blocking a federal agent outside the detention center.
#Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #Authoritarianism #fascism #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo
https://apnews.com/article/federal-enforcement-candidate-indicted-ice-kat-abughazaleh-b363792dc6e2e3ca40edaa335b787417?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-29-Breaking+News
#DHS’s video operation now includes in-house photographers & videographers who routinely capture the action of #ICE raids & #protest responses for videos that admin officials have widely promoted online. In a video DHS posted to X this month, a man in a #BorderPatrol flak jacket, his camera held aloft, can be seen jogging to catch up with officers putting a detainee into an SUV.
#Trump #propaganda #fascism #authoritarianism #law #immigration #MilitaryState #Gestapo
Andrea Soria, whose daughter plays at Luna y Cielo, overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: “We have to be good or ICE will get us,” referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“These kids are traumatized,” Aguirre-Ávalos said. “Even if ICE stops doing what they’re doing right now, people are going to be traumatized. The damage is already done.”
#law #Chicago #Trump #immigration #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #MilitaryState
The SUV eventually drove away, the cloud of smoke cleared, and parents arrived. “What’s happening?” a girl cried, over and over.
Kucich’s son, who is white, now worries about his nanny, a U.S. citizen from Guatemala. He asks where she is and when she’s coming. He jumps at the sound of sirens. His mother called their pediatrician for a therapist referral.
#law #Chicago #Trump #immigration #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #MilitaryState
Owner Vanessa Aguirre-Ávalos ran outside to see what was happening, as the children’s nannies hustled them to a back room. Aguirre-Ávalos is a citizen; the nannies, Hispanic grandmothers, are citizens or are legally allowed to work in the U.S.
Still, they were terrified. One begged Aguirre-Ávalos: If they take me, please make sure the children get home safe.
#law #Chicago #Trump #immigration #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #MilitaryState
Kucich’s son was a half-block away, having lunch in the window of Luna y Cielo Play Cafe, where #children learn Spanish as they play with pretend food & toy cars. His nanny takes him there most days. He made his best friends at the cafe, & his little brother took his first steps there.
#law #Chicago #Trump #immigration #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #MilitaryState
Suddenly, #TearGas canisters flew from the window of the SUV.
The cloud of gas rose, first white, then green, & the street exploded into pandemonium. Some people ran. Others shouted at agents to leave. Sirens screamed toward them. Parents blew through stop signs & drove on curbs to reach their #children.
#law #Chicago #Trump #immigration #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #MilitaryState
Parents, teachers & caregivers have been grappling ever since with how to explain to children what they’d seen: how much to tell them so they know enough to stay safe, but not too much to rob them of their childhood. A toddler shouldn’t know what a #TearGas canister is, Kucich said.
“I don’t know how to explain this to my kids.”
#law #Chicago #Trump #immigration #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #MilitaryState
She abandoned her grocery cart & went as fast as she could to her toddler & his 14-month-old brother, who, on that warm October Friday, were among the hundreds of #Chicago #children caught suddenly in the turmoil of the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown.
#law #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #MilitaryState
#Chicago's #children are getting caught in the chaos of #Trump’s #immigration crackdowns
The 2-year-old boy was so frightened, he stuttered.
“Mommy, mommy, mommy,” he repeated, clinging to her.
His mother, Molly Kucich, had been grocery shopping when her husband called, panicking. She heard “immigration raid.” Then: “tear gas.”
#law #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #MilitaryState
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-immigration-trump-crackdown-school-children-c9a19835cac13c0fbbebcc9f4bf4f0a2?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-28-Immigration+and+kids
Border Patrol’s #Bovino agrees to return to court daily, as he & federal judge talk #BodyCams, #TearGas, IDs
The top #US #BorderPatrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to US District Judge Sara Ellis’ concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detained, #protesters & #journalists.
#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #fascism #PoliceBrutality #MilitaryState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/28/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-federal-court
Thank goodness both Barack Obama and Joe Biden abolished ICE or there’s no knowing what state the US would be in right now.
SCMP: UK political commentator Sami Hamdi detained by ICE officers at California airport
"...Official said the detention was related to comments Hamdi, who is Muslim, made about the Middle East. Hamdi was on a speaking tour in the US..."
Oh wow, utility (possibly) ratting out their customers to ICE
"Universities, law firms, news companies are buckling under the president’s threats, and billionaires are treated like members of the royal family."
#Trump #universities #immigrants #ICE #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #military #Pentagon #DOJ #EconomicElites
/7
"These days, in late October 2025, many of us barely recognize the nation we live in. People suspected of being illegal immigrants are rounded up and shoved into vans, sometimes denied due process. The East Wing of the 'people’s house' – the White House – is being destroyed for an obscene ballroom.
~ Margaret Sullivan
#Trump #immigrants #ICE #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/26/america-tragic-change-2024-election
The detention by #immigration authorities of a #Chicago man whose 16-year-old daughter is undergoing treatment for advanced cancer is illegal, & he must be given a bond hearing by Oct. 31, a federal judge has ruled.
#law #DueProcess #Trump #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-man-daughter-cancer-2a7a78244d9df47cebe6a561e02861c9
the #FBI is now officially visiting the homes of people spotted at protests like #NoKings, #ICE, etc.
it boggles the mind that there are people at #protests in the US who, upon finding #FBI agents at their door asking “do you have a few minutes to talk about the protests?” answer with anything other than “do you have a warrant?” followed by a polite request that they leave your property.
this isn’t complicated. you need to shut the fuck up. the #5thAmendment exists for a reason. shutting the fuck up cannot be used against you, for any reason, ever. not shutting the fuck up will never help you. it can only hurt you.
any false statement to the FBI can be charged as a crime. even if you just forgot. even if you mix up the order of events. even if you tell the truth but the agents find another person whose story contradicts yours. even if you tell the truth but the agents misremember what you said (!!!).
talking to the FBI is much more legally perilous than talking to the police (and you shouldn’t do that either). talking to Kash Patel's FBI is far more perilous than talking to the old FBI.
i know it’s hard. you want to be helpful. you think if you stay silent they'll find you suspicious. you want to explain yourself. it’s a very natural human thing and that’s exactly what they’re going to use against you. so here’s a helpful script you can follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqo5RYOp4nQ
literally every single lawyer in the united states will tell you exactly what i’m telling you now. tell a friend. tell all your friends. tell random people you see on the street.
and shut. the. fuck. up.
don't be like this guy, who helpfully stepped out of his house to chat with the FBI outside the range of audio recording for most of an hour: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-agents-visit-anti-ice-protester
#STFU #shutTheFuckUp #PSA #uspol #uspolitics #KashPatel #law #lawfedi
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Did not see this early, but a happy story.
LA Times: ‘We never lost faith’: Culver City palatero reunites with family after 114 days detained
"...Nearly four months after being detained by ICE while working his regular route, a Culver City palatero has returned safely home to his family — and has a green card on the way...."
10/18/25
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-18/culver-city-palatero-ice-detention-green-card
The #Trump admin is drawing up plans for a shake-up at #ICE, with officials looking to replace several senior leaders in field offices across the country, according to 3 people familiar with the plans.
The proposal stems from frustration in the White House & the #DHS over the pace of #deportations, which are lagging behind Trump’s goal of more than a million by the end of the first year of his 2nd term.
#law #immigration #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #DueProcess
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/trump-deportations-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Deaths reached a peak in 2025 for the first time since 32 deaths were recorded in 2004, & 20 deaths were recorded in 2005.
Fmr agency officials are warning that increased #detention population, decreased #oversight, an increase in street & #community arrests & continued difficulties staffing #medical teams will result in more deaths. This summer, #ICE received ~$70 billion to hire more staff, including #deportation & detention officers, & increase its detention space.
2025 is the deadliest year to be in #ICE custody in decades
#Immigration & Customs Enforcement has recorded its deadliest year since the early 2000s as agency ofcls push to increase the number of people in its custody.
Acc/to a review of #deaths by NPR, at least 20 people have died in ICE #custody this year. The number comes as ICE is also holding nearly 60k people in immigration detention, the highest number in several years.
#law #HumanRights #Trump #PoliceBrutality
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/23/nx-s1-5538090/ice-detention-custody-immigration-arrest-enforcement-dhs-trump
"Name one Republican policy that isn't about hurting someone."
~ Robyn Pennacchia
#Trump #WhiteHouse #ballroom #Venezuela #Argentina #shutdown #military #dementia #dictatorship #MAGA #BigBeautifulBill #healthcare #agriculture #economy #Project2025 #ICE
/8
https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-gets-away-with-shtting-on-half
3. "The U.S. military has invaded U.S. states, cities, and communities based on Trump’s baseless claim that those areas are “lawless.”
4. "The Trump administration has cut funding for healthcare accessibility, nutrition programs for needy families, and the federal agencies responsible for making sure that the population is protected from malnutrition and preventable crippling diseases such as polio."
#Trump #MAGA #Project2025 #farmers #agriculture #immigrants #ICE #military #healthcare
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