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Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA. Trump business failures include the Trump Mortgages, USFL New Jersey Generals, Trump Steaks, Tour de Trump, Taj Mahal Casino, the Trump Shuttle, the Ultimate Merger, Trump Vodka, Truth Social, Trump University, Trump the Board Game, Trump Ocean Resort in Mexico, and The Apprentice.
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Why? Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA. Trump business failures include the Trump Mortgages, USFL New Jersey Generals, Trump Steaks, Tour de Trump, Taj Mahal Casino, the Trump Shuttle, the Ultimate Merger, Trump Vodka, Truth Social, Trump University, Trump the Board Game, Trump Ocean Resort in Mexico, and The Apprentice.
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Listen carefully to Trump. He employs the debate technique known as the gish gallop. The Gish gallop (/ˈɡɪʃ ˈɡæləp/) is a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm an opponent by abandoning formal debating principles, providing an excessive number of arguments with no regard for the accuracy or strength of those arguments and that are impossible to address adequately in the time alloted to the opponent. Gish galloping prioritizes the quantity of the galloper's arguments at the expense of their quality.
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Why? Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA.
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Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA.
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"The moderators’ silence amid the false or misleading claims notably affected the debate. PolitiFact fact-checked nearly 30 claims on debate night, and although Biden had a couple of False and Mostly False statements, plus a number of Half True statements in which he omitted context, Trump went largely unchallenged within the debate on three Mostly False claims, a dozen straight False claims and one that got our worst rating, Pants on Fire. Early in the debate, moderator Jake Tapper asked Trump about the inflation risks from his proposed 10% tariff on all foreign consumer goods. Trump waved away that possibility, saying the tariffs are "not going to drive (prices) higher." However, economists generally agree that consumers do pay the costs of tariffs. Trump then delivered a litany of misleading claims, including that he signed "the largest tax cut in history" (he didn’t); that Biden is fully to blame for high inflation on his watch (it wasn’t; the primary reason was pandemic supply chain snags); that Biden was fully to blame for difficulties exiting Afghanistan (Biden was following an agreement Trump signed); that Trump’s tax cuts "spurred the greatest economy that we've ever seen" (it wasn’t the greatest ever). Tapper asked Trump another question, about debt and taxes. Trump answered with more questionable claims, including that Biden weaponized the justice system to "go after his political opponent" (he didn’t) and that Biden "allowed millions of people to come in here from prisons, jails, and mental institutions" (this is wrong on multiple counts). Tapper later asked the candidates which measures they’d take to keep Social Security solvent. Trump responded by saying Biden was "destroying" Social Security "because millions of people are pouring into our country and they’re putting them onto Social Security." Trump’s claim is False, on several counts. First, most immigrants in the U.S. illegally are ineligible for Social Security. Second, many migrants pay into Social Security through their taxes with no hope of drawing benefits later, bolstering the financially strapped program." Austin Statesman
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Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA.
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Ad hominem means “against the man,” and this type of fallacy is sometimes called name calling or the personal attack fallacy. An ad hominem fallacy occurs when someone attacks the person instead of attacking his or her argument. It ignores the larger issues at hand and just attacks someone's character.
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Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA.
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"Marjorie Taylor Greene compares Biden to FDR, LBJ. Thanks for the free campaign ad! The predominantly ludicrous lawmaker from Georgia did Biden an unexpected – and surely unplanned – solid this weekend in a speech at the conservative Turning Point Action conference in Florida, telling Republicans the Democratic president is attempting to make people’s lives better. She compared Biden’s "Build Back Better" plan to President Lyndon B. Johnson’s "Great Society," an array of programs from the mid-1960s aimed at combating poverty in America. Those programs included Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps, along with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. As Greene talked about President Johnson, she said, dismissively: “His BIG socialist programs were the Great Society ... big government programs to address education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, transportation, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and welfare.” Greene continued making the case for Biden’s reelection: “Now LBJ had the Great Society, but Joe Biden had Build Back Better, and he still is working on it, the largest public investment in social infrastructure and environmental programs that is actually finishing what FDR started, that LBJ expanded on, and Joe Biden is attempting to complete.” As if connecting Biden to popular social programs wasn’t enough, Greene took the high praise a step further by looping in President Franklin D. Roosevelt, one of the most popular presidents in American history. Greene’s attempt to raise Biden’s profile to that of FDR and the president who launched a war on poverty and created Medicare was clearly appreciated. On Monday morning, the official White House Twitter account retweeted the video of Greene's speech, adding: "Caught us. President Biden is working to make life easier for hardworking families." USA Today
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Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA.
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"The Trump administration in February 2020 negotiated a withdrawal agreement with the Taliban that excluded the Afghan government, freed 5,000 imprisoned Taliban soldiers and set a date certain of May 1, 2021, for the final withdrawal. And the Trump administration kept to the pact, reducing U.S. troop levels from about 13,000 to 2,500, even though the Taliban continued to attack Afghan government forces and welcomed al-Qaeda terrorists into the Taliban leadership." Politico Sept. 18, 2020 — At a press conference, Trump says, “We’re dealing very well with the Taliban. They’re very tough, they’re very smart, they’re very sharp. But, you know, it’s been 19 years, and even they are tired of fighting, in all fairness.” Afghanistan’s First Vice President Amrullah Saleh tells the BBC that the Trump administration made too many concessions to the Taliban. “I am telling [the United States] as a friend and as an ally that trusting the Taliban without putting in a verification mechanism is going to be a fatal mistake,” Saleh says, adding that Afghanistan leaders warned the U.S. that “violence will spike” as the 5,000 Taliban prisoners were released. “Violence has spiked,” he added. April 18 — In a released statement, Trump criticizes Biden’s Sept. 11 withdrawal deadline saying, “we can and should get out earlier.” He concludes, “Getting out of Afghanistan is a wonderful and positive thing to do. I planned to withdraw on May 1st, and we should keep as close to that schedule as possible.”
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Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA.
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Trump economic policy decisions (tariffs and tax cuts) caused inflation and Trump added twice as much to the national debt as Biden, including Covid-19 spending. "While the effects of a very large tax overhaul will take years to fully develop and analyze, the evidence from the first two years suggests that corporate tax cuts are draining revenue from the U.S. Treasury while doing little that would ultimately benefit U.S. workers. Instead of trickling down to workers, the 2017 tax cuts have largely served to line the pockets of already wealthy investors—further increasing inequality—with little to show for it." Forbes
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@Aikoerin Really? The Trump tax cut for the rich is permanent while the middle class tax cuts expire. Trump economic policy decisions (tariffs and tax cuts) caused inflation and Trump added twice as much to the national debt as Biden, including Covid-19 spending. "While the effects of a very large tax overhaul will take years to fully develop and analyze, the evidence from the first two years suggests that corporate tax cuts are draining revenue from the U.S. Treasury while doing little that would ultimately benefit U.S. workers. Instead of trickling down to workers, the 2017 tax cuts have largely served to line the pockets of already wealthy investors—further increasing inequality—with little to show for it." Forbes
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Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA.
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Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA. Trump business failures include the Trump Mortgages, USFL New Jersey Generals, Trump Steaks, Tour de Trump, Taj Mahal Casino, the Trump Shuttle, the Ultimate Merger, Trump Vodka, Truth Social, Trump University, Trump the Board Game, Trump Ocean Resort in Mexico, and The Apprentice.
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Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA.
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"The moderators’ silence amid the false or misleading claims notably affected the debate. PolitiFact fact-checked nearly 30 claims on debate night, and although Biden had a couple of False and Mostly False statements, plus a number of Half True statements in which he omitted context, Trump went largely unchallenged within the debate on three Mostly False claims, a dozen straight False claims and one that got our worst rating, Pants on Fire. Early in the debate, moderator Jake Tapper asked Trump about the inflation risks from his proposed 10% tariff on all foreign consumer goods. Trump waved away that possibility, saying the tariffs are "not going to drive (prices) higher." However, economists generally agree that consumers do pay the costs of tariffs. Trump then delivered a litany of misleading claims, including that he signed "the largest tax cut in history" (he didn’t); that Biden is fully to blame for high inflation on his watch (it wasn’t; the primary reason was pandemic supply chain snags); that Biden was fully to blame for difficulties exiting Afghanistan (Biden was following an agreement Trump signed); that Trump’s tax cuts "spurred the greatest economy that we've ever seen" (it wasn’t the greatest ever). Tapper asked Trump another question, about debt and taxes. Trump answered with more questionable claims, including that Biden weaponized the justice system to "go after his political opponent" (he didn’t) and that Biden "allowed millions of people to come in here from prisons, jails, and mental institutions" (this is wrong on multiple counts). Tapper later asked the candidates which measures they’d take to keep Social Security solvent. Trump responded by saying Biden was "destroying" Social Security "because millions of people are pouring into our country and they’re putting them onto Social Security." Trump’s claim is False, on several counts. First, most immigrants in the U.S. illegally are ineligible for Social Security. Second, many migrants pay into Social Security through their taxes with no hope of drawing benefits later, bolstering the financially strapped program." Austin Statesman
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Listen carefully to Trump. He employs the debate technique known as the gish gallop. The Gish gallop (/ˈɡɪʃ ˈɡæləp/) is a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm an opponent by abandoning formal debating principles, providing an excessive number of arguments with no regard for the accuracy or strength of those arguments and that are impossible to address adequately in the time alloted to the opponent. Gish galloping prioritizes the quantity of the galloper's arguments at the expense of their quality.
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Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA. Trump business failures include the Trump Mortgages, USFL New Jersey Generals, Trump Steaks, Tour de Trump, Taj Mahal Casino, the Trump Shuttle, the Ultimate Merger, Trump Vodka, Truth Social, Trump University, Trump the Board Game, Trump Ocean Resort in Mexico, and The Apprentice.
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Listen carefully to Trump. He employs the debate technique known as the gish gallop. The Gish gallop (/ˈɡɪʃ ˈɡæləp/) is a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm an opponent by abandoning formal debating principles, providing an excessive number of arguments with no regard for the accuracy or strength of those arguments and that are impossible to address adequately in the time alloted to the opponent. Gish galloping prioritizes the quantity of the galloper's arguments at the expense of their quality.
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While noting the research should be treated with caution, Mr Trump suggested further research in that area. "So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous - whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light," the president said, turning to Dr Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response co-ordinator, "and I think you said that hasn't been checked but you're going to test it.
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There’s a difference between climate and weather: Weather fluctuates day in, day out, whereas climate refers to long term trends—and the overall trend is clearly and indisputably a warming one. 97% of climate scientists disagree with you. Climate change is about extreme weather events happening more often than usual. It's not necessary to believe everything that climate change activists say because they tend to exaggerate in the same way that climate change deniers do. That doesn't mean that we should not make an effort to look after the planet in reasonable ways. There is plenty of middle ground between climate apocalypse and climate change.
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"Marjorie Taylor Greene compares Biden to FDR, LBJ. Thanks for the free campaign ad! The predominantly ludicrous lawmaker from Georgia did Biden an unexpected – and surely unplanned – solid this weekend in a speech at the conservative Turning Point Action conference in Florida, telling Republicans the Democratic president is attempting to make people’s lives better. She compared Biden’s "Build Back Better" plan to President Lyndon B. Johnson’s "Great Society," an array of programs from the mid-1960s aimed at combating poverty in America. Those programs included Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps, along with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. As Greene talked about President Johnson, she said, dismissively: “His BIG socialist programs were the Great Society ... big government programs to address education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, transportation, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and welfare.” Greene continued making the case for Biden’s reelection: “Now LBJ had the Great Society, but Joe Biden had Build Back Better, and he still is working on it, the largest public investment in social infrastructure and environmental programs that is actually finishing what FDR started, that LBJ expanded on, and Joe Biden is attempting to complete.” As if connecting Biden to popular social programs wasn’t enough, Greene took the high praise a step further by looping in President Franklin D. Roosevelt, one of the most popular presidents in American history. Greene’s attempt to raise Biden’s profile to that of FDR and the president who launched a war on poverty and created Medicare was clearly appreciated. On Monday morning, the official White House Twitter account retweeted the video of Greene's speech, adding: "Caught us. President Biden is working to make life easier for hardworking families." USA Today
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Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA.
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Fact check: False claim ‘chemtrails’ and HAARP are used to manipulate the weather. Scientists and pilots confirm there is no evidence that planes are spraying harmful chemicals into the atmosphere. Researchers at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, also known as HAARP, say the technology does not have the ability to manipulate the weather. And meteorologists and climate scientists say large-scale weather events cannot be artificially created." USA Today
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Trump is now backing off some of the extreme positions that he took to win the Republican nomination. He is moderating his view on placing restrictions on contraception, his pro-life stance, and Project 2025. "Never Trumpers" are never voting for Trump. In order to win the general election, Trump will need the support of independent voters. How likely is that if he only had 50% support from his own party during the primaries?
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Trump's promises not kept or outright failures include the following: tax cuts (for the rich), infrastructure week, immigration and the wall, social security and medicare, drug prices, deficit and debt, repeal and replace the ACA.
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Trump downplayed the pandemic and promoted ridiculous treatments. Over one million Americans died as a result. Trump changed his tune when he realized that his gullible unvaccinated followers were dying from COVID-19. By that time, it was too late to right the ship. "The vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind,” Trump said. “I came up with a vaccine — with three vaccines — all are very, very good … in less than nine months. It was supposed to take five to 12 years.” “And if you take the vaccine, you’re protected," Trump went on. "The results of the vaccine are very good. And if you do get it, it’s a very minor form. People aren’t dying when they take their vaccine. The vaccine worked, but some people aren’t taking it,” he said. “The ones that get very sick and go to the hospital are the ones who don’t take their vaccine.”
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"The U.S. Could Help Solve Its Poverty Problem with a Universal Basic Income. A universal basic income wouldn’t lead to adults leaving their jobs and could lift millions of children into a brighter future. With 11.6 percent of people in the U.S. living at or under the poverty line, this payment would benefit millions and save hundreds of billions of dollars by reducing the social costs of poverty." Scientific American Currently, billions are spent to fund a variety of social service programs, such as SNAP. UBI would replace them. There are indirect costs to poverty, including but not limited to health care and policing. UBI would reduce those costs. Billionaires and corporations can afford to pay more taxes to fund UBI.
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"Marjorie Taylor Greene compares Biden to FDR, LBJ. Thanks for the free campaign ad! The predominantly ludicrous lawmaker from Georgia did Biden an unexpected – and surely unplanned – solid this weekend in a speech at the conservative Turning Point Action conference in Florida, telling Republicans the Democratic president is attempting to make people’s lives better. She compared Biden’s "Build Back Better" plan to President Lyndon B. Johnson’s "Great Society," an array of programs from the mid-1960s aimed at combating poverty in America. Those programs included Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps, along with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. As Greene talked about President Johnson, she said, dismissively: “His BIG socialist programs were the Great Society ... big government programs to address education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, transportation, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and welfare.” Greene continued making the case for Biden’s reelection: “Now LBJ had the Great Society, but Joe Biden had Build Back Better, and he still is working on it, the largest public investment in social infrastructure and environmental programs that is actually finishing what FDR started, that LBJ expanded on, and Joe Biden is attempting to complete.” As if connecting Biden to popular social programs wasn’t enough, Greene took the high praise a step further by looping in President Franklin D. Roosevelt, one of the most popular presidents in American history. Greene’s attempt to raise Biden’s profile to that of FDR and the president who launched a war on poverty and created Medicare was clearly appreciated. On Monday morning, the official White House Twitter account retweeted the video of Greene's speech, adding: "Caught us. President Biden is working to make life easier for hardworking families." USA Today
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"Misleading GOP videos of Biden are going viral. The fact-checks have trouble keeping up. “The lie is sprinting the 100-meter dash and the fact-check is taking a stroll on the beach. So it’s never going to catch up," said one Democratic strategist. More Americans may think President Joe Biden tried to sit on a nonexistent chair the other day than know the boring truth that there was, in fact, a chair. The chair-that-was-there was just one of many quick video clips the conservative media ecosystem willed into virality over the past two weeks, leaving fact-checkers and Biden’s team with little chance to catch up. Last week, Republicans pushed a video of Biden in Europe attending the Group of Seven summit in which he allegedly “wandered off” in a confused haze before Italy’s prime minister pulled him back. Uncut video and shots from wider angles showed Biden was greeting a parachutist who had just landed as part of the ceremony. At the fundraiser in Los Angeles, Biden and Obama were waving to supporters after having received a standing ovation when Biden stared into the audience for a moment before the more punctual Obama signaled it was time to leave the stage. Several people at the event said they did not recognize the New York Post’s interpretation that Biden appeared to "freeze up." USA Today
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"Republicans Admit They Have No Incriminating Evidence on Joe Biden. Republicans’ big investigation into the Biden family has revealed … not a lot. The House GOP accused Joe Biden and his family on Wednesday of engaging in business with foreign entities—but were unable to provide any actual evidence linking the president to any wrongdoing. James Comer released a 65-page memo detailing a sprawling investigation into Biden and some of his relatives, particularly his son Hunter Biden. Nowhere in the massive document was there a specific allegation of a crime committed by Biden or any of his relatives. During a press conference explaining the investigation, Comer was asked if he had evidence directly linking Biden to corruption. The Kentucky Republican hemmed and hawed but ultimately admitted he didn’t." New Republic
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"Trump's financial ties to China have been widely scrutinized for years, with reports showing the former president maintaining a bank account in China and the Chinese government granting trademarks to companies linked to him and his daughter Ivanka. Trump has denied making money from China, but records show that the Trump Organization received at least $5.4 million from the Chinese-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. There is no evidence that Joe Biden received large sums of money from China or has otherwise gained wealth as a result of his son's business dealings abroad. Trump has previously made the "billion-five" accusation against Hunter Biden. While a conservative author has used this figure, it has not been proven. A lawyer for Hunter Biden, George Mesires, says the investment company in which Hunter Biden has an equity stake was capitalized with a total of about $4.2 million at today's exchange rates, "not $1.5 billion." Even this investment was not a direct payment to Hunter Biden; Hunter Biden holds a 10% stake in the firm, Mesires says, and has not made a profit to date." Reuters
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Listen carefully to Trump. He employs the debate technique known as the gish gallop. The Gish gallop (/ˈɡɪʃ ˈɡæləp/) is a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm an opponent by abandoning formal debating principles, providing an excessive number of arguments with no regard for the accuracy or strength of those arguments and that are impossible to address adequately in the time alloted to the opponent. Gish galloping prioritizes the quantity of the galloper's arguments at the expense of their quality.
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