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Feminists accused of ‘selective outrage’ over muted reaction to Israeli women brutalized by Hamas

People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) **FILE**

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The Israeli women and girls raped and taken hostage by Hamas have never received the same international support as the #MeToo and #BringBackOurGirls campaigns, a double standard that one women’s organization seeks to rectify.

RFK Jr. campaign barges into Trump territory

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during an event celebrating Cesar Chavez's birthday in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) **FILE**

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent bid for president isn’t just a threat to President Biden. The former Democrat is courting Republicans, too, and his efforts are beginning to rankle the Trump campaign.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during an event celebrating Cesar Chavez's birthday in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) **FILE**

RFK Jr. campaign barges into Trump territory

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In this March 30, 2020, file photo, resident Marie Salas, left, sets a banner on her home fence reading &quot;Squatting is not the Answer,&quot; across the street of a formerly vacant home that was recently taken by a group of homeless mothers in the El Sereno neighborhood of Los Angeles. A new group of homeless people who had taken over several empty, state-owned houses in Los Angeles was forcefully removed by California Highway Patrol officers hours later amid protests by dozens of community activists. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a virtual National Cabinet meeting to discuss the national crisis of gender-based violence, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Albanese announced new funding to help women escape domestic violence and a crackdown on misogynistic online content in reaction to an uptick in homicides perpetrated by current and former male partners that he described as a national crisis. (Gaye Gerard/Pool Photo via AP)

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President Joe Biden speaks at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden condemns ‘ferocious surge of antisemitism’ on college campuses in rebuke to protesters

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Former President Donald Trump, center, sits at the defense table with his attorneys Susan Necheles, from left, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, in Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in New York. (Sarah Yenesel/Pool Photo via AP)

Judge rejects Trump’s motion for mistrial over Stormy testimony

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President Joe Biden speaks at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden condemns ‘ferocious surge of antisemitism’ on college campuses in rebuke to protesters

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Former President Donald Trump, center, sits at the defense table with his attorneys Susan Necheles, from left, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, in Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in New York. (Sarah Yenesel/Pool Photo via AP)

Judge rejects Trump’s motion for mistrial over Stormy testimony

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., says she'll call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Rep. Greene, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, is forcing her colleagues to choose sides after Democratic leaders announced they'd provide the votes to save the Republican speaker's job. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Fox News medical commentator Dr. Nicole Saphier has written a new book about motherhood -- “Love, Mom: Inspiring Stories Celebrating Motherhood” (Fox News Books). (Courtesy of Fox News Channel)

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Katy Perry arrives at the Billboard Women in Music Awards on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) **FILE**

Fake AI photo of pop star Katy Perry at Met Gala was realistic enough to fool her mom

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Jon Stewart poses for a portrait in promotion of his film, "Rosewater," in New York, Nov. 7, 2014. Stewart is returning to “The Daily Show” as an occasional host and executive producing through the 2024 U.S. elections cycle, starting Feb. 12. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File)

Jon Stewart bails: Biden ‘so … old’ that he ‘just shouldn’t be president’

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Ashley Graham attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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Biden sacrifices workplace free speech to satisfy labor unions

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Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential building in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)

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A view of the bridge connecting the Russky Island and Vladivostok, in Russia's far east, is seen on Aug. 26, 2023. An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing. That's according to two U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press. The soldier, who is not being identified, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to the United States. Instead, he traveled to Russia. According to the officials, the soldier was arrested late last week in Vladivostok. It was unclear Monday, May 6, 2024, if the soldier is considered absent without leave, or AWOL. (AP Photo/Alexander Khitrov)

U.S. soldier arrested in Russia didn’t have permission to be in the country, Army says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this image made from video provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Coast Guard vessel, BRP BAGACAY (MRRV-4410) is water cannoned by Chinese Coast Guards as it tried to approach the waters near Scarborough Shoal locally known as Bajo De Masinloc at the South China Sea on Tuesday April 30, 2024. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Manila seizes the moral high ground in information wars with China

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Israeli army troops are seen near the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in New York. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

Defense gets crack at Stormy Daniels, highlights her hatred for Trump

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks in Syracuse, N.Y., April 25, 2024. Gov. Hochul says she regrets making an offhand remark that suggested Black children in the Bronx do not know what the word “computer” means. The Democratic governor made the extemporaneous comment Monday, May 6, 2024 while being interviewed at a large business conference in California. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, file)

N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul apologizes for saying Black children don’t know what ‘computer’ means

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on student loan debt at Madison College, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

GOP demands Biden block student loan forgiveness for campus protesters 28 minutes ago

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference at City Hall, Dec. 12, 2023, in New York. Before police officers poured into Columbia University on Tuesday night, April 30, 2024, arresting more than 100 people as they cleared an occupied school building and tent encampment, Adams received a piece of intelligence he said shifted his thinking about the campus demonstrations over the war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie, File)

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says city will be ready if Trump thrown in jail

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In this image taken from video, a Bernard J. Polite, 26, tries to shoot Pastor Glenn Germany, center, at the Jesus Dwelling Place church in North Braddock, Pa., May 5, 2024. The attempted shooting failed when Polite's gun didn't fire and was tackled by a congregant. (Glenn Germany via AP)

Gun jams as man tries to shoot Pennsylvania pastor

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A protester is hit with a baton by a police officer at UC San Diego, May 6, 2024, in San Diego. As pro-Palestinian demonstrations escalate on college campuses around the country, critics of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war suggest this summer’s Democratic National Convention could be marred by protests and scenes of chaos that undermine his reelection. It raises the specter of a replay of 1968’s Democratic convention in Chicago, where a violent police crackdown created indelible scenes of chaos. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

Democrats brace for chaos at their summer convention as campus protests escalate

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during an event celebrating Cesar Chavez's birthday in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) **FILE**

RFK Jr. campaign barges into Trump territory

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event, Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Royal Oak, Mich. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez) **FILE**

RFK Jr. challenges Trump to debate showdown this month at Libertarian National Convention

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden delivers remarks about student protests over the war in Gaza, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Class warfare: Biden tests the potency of soak-the-rich appeal to voters

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Pro-Palestinian protesters camp out in tents at Columbia University on Saturday, April 27, 2024 in New York. With the death toll mounting in the war in Gaza, protesters nationwide are demanding that schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict. Some Jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemitism and made them afraid to set foot on campus. (AP Photo)

Faculty Against Antisemitism provides safety in numbers to ‘silent majority’ on campuses

People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hamas says it accepts cease-fire proposal to end fighting in Gaza; Israel weighs options

Voters deliver their ballot to a polling station in Tempe, Ariz., on Nov. 3, 2020. In a ruling Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton is upholding most of the provisions of new Arizona laws that would require counties to verify the status of registered voters who haven’t provided proof of U.S. citizenship and cross-check voter registration information with various government databases. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner takes part in a news conference in Philadelphia, Monday, March 11, 2024. Krasner announced Monday, March 18, 2024, that a man who spent more than a decade in prison after his arrest as a teen won't be retried in a 2011 quadruple shooting. C.J. Rice, now 30, has been free since a federal judge late last year found his trial lawyer deficient and the state's case weak. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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In this March 22, 2019, photo, an American flag flies outside the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Russian national indicted for running prolific ransomware group

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Man’s body dragged into woods by bear after fatal car crash in Massachusetts

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An aircraft passes a sign at a Shell petrol station in London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Shell has reported that it earned nearly $5.1 billion in the second quarter. London-based oil giant Shell saw profits tumble by nearly a third in 2023 as a result of lower oil and natural gas prices, which had surged the year before in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Shell makes $7.7B profit in 3 months after pump prices hit $7 a gallon in some spots

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A Boy Scout uniform is displayed, Feb. 18, 2020, in the retail store at the headquarters for the French Creek Council of the Boy Scouts of America in Summit Township, Erie County, Pa. The U.S. organization, which now welcomes girls into the program and allows them to work toward the coveted Eagle Scout rank, announced Tuesday, May 7, 2024, that it will change its name to Scouting America as it focuses on inclusion. (Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News via AP, File)

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A view of the bridge connecting the Russky Island and Vladivostok, in Russia's far east, is seen on Aug. 26, 2023. An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing. That's according to two U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press. The soldier, who is not being identified, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to the United States. Instead, he traveled to Russia. According to the officials, the soldier was arrested late last week in Vladivostok. It was unclear Monday, May 6, 2024, if the soldier is considered absent without leave, or AWOL. (AP Photo/Alexander Khitrov)

U.S. soldier arrested in Russia to be held for two months on theft charges

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a virtual National Cabinet meeting to discuss the national crisis of gender-based violence, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Albanese announced new funding to help women escape domestic violence and a crackdown on misogynistic online content in reaction to an uptick in homicides perpetrated by current and former male partners that he described as a national crisis. (Gaye Gerard/Pool Photo via AP)

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Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential building in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)

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Israeli army troops are seen near the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Boston Bruins goaltenders Jeremy Swayman, left, Linus Ullmark celebrate after the Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 in Game 1 of the second-round series of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) **FILE**

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks in Syracuse, N.Y., April 25, 2024. Gov. Hochul says she regrets making an offhand remark that suggested Black children in the Bronx do not know what the word “computer” means. The Democratic governor made the extemporaneous comment Monday, May 6, 2024 while being interviewed at a large business conference in California. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, file)

N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul apologizes for saying Black children don’t know what ‘computer’ means

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An aircraft passes a sign at a Shell petrol station in London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Shell has reported that it earned nearly $5.1 billion in the second quarter. London-based oil giant Shell saw profits tumble by nearly a third in 2023 as a result of lower oil and natural gas prices, which had surged the year before in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

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Stormy Daniels appears at an event, May 23, 2018, in West Hollywood, Calif. The hush money trial of former President Donald Trump begins Monday, April 15, 2024, with jury selection. It's the first criminal trial of a former U.S. commander-in-chief. The charges in the trial center on $130,000 in payments that Trump's company made to his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen. He paid that sum on Trump's behalf to keep Daniels from going public, a month before the election, with her claims of a sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Stormy Daniels takes the stand in Trump trial

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, Oct. 18, 2023, near the Capitol in Washington. On Monday, Nov. 6, Tlaib responded to criticisms from fellow Democrats regarding a video she posted Friday, Nov. 3, that included a clip of demonstrators chanting “from the river to the sea.” Tlaib said in her response that her “colleagues” are trying to silence her and are “distorting her words.” (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) **FILE**

Tlaib wants Netanyahu arrested for invading Rafah

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks about student protests over the war in Gaza, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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A student protester parades a Palestinian flag outside the entrance to Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool, File)

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Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

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In this image taken from video, a Bernard J. Polite, 26, tries to shoot Pastor Glenn Germany, center, at the Jesus Dwelling Place church in North Braddock, Pa., May 5, 2024. The attempted shooting failed when Polite's gun didn't fire and was tackled by a congregant. (Glenn Germany via AP)

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A major artificial intelligence exposition is opening Tuesday, May 7, 2024, to showcase cutting-edge technology to a slew of U.S. agencies and top tech minds assembling in Washington. (File photo credit: 3rdtimeluckystudio via Shutterstock)

AI expo showcasing new tech for national security opens doors in Washington

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Pro-Palestinian protesters camp out in tents at Columbia University on Saturday, April 27, 2024 in New York. With the death toll mounting in the war in Gaza, protesters nationwide are demanding that schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict. Some Jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemitism and made them afraid to set foot on campus. (AP Photo)

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters following a closed-door GOP strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Johnson and other Republicans are calling for an end to the student protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict, even encouraging intervention by the National Guard. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson staves off hardliners’ push to force him out — for now

By Susan Ferrechio and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A view of the bridge connecting the Russky Island and Vladivostok, in Russia's far east, is seen on Aug. 26, 2023. An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing. That's according to two U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press. The soldier, who is not being identified, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to the United States. Instead, he traveled to Russia. According to the officials, the soldier was arrested late last week in Vladivostok. It was unclear Monday, May 6, 2024, if the soldier is considered absent without leave, or AWOL. (AP Photo/Alexander Khitrov)

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New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press briefing, Feb. 16, 2024, in New York. A New York man has been charged with sending death threats to James and the Manhattan judge who presided over former President Donald Trump’s civil suit. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

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People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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A person walks past a pile of barricades at an encampment by students protesting against the Israel-Hamas war at George Washington University on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

D.C. mayor won’t clear camp at George Washington University despite pressure from school, Congress

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Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 6, 2024 in New York. (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP)

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Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing on Capitol Hill, Monday, April 15, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

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Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, speaks during a hearing of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2024, in Washington. In a statement released Friday, May 3, Cuellar denied any wrongdoing amid reports of pending indictments related to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

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