Emily Bazelon
@emilybazelon
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My latest book is CHARGED. (Find it at ). Staff writer NYT Mag. Co-host Slate Political Gabfest. Truman Capote Fellow at Yale Law School.
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Rosie promises not to bark on TV
@AriMelber
!
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I pledge to walk out with more than 1,000 of my
@NYTimesGuild
colleagues if
@nytimes
does not agree to a complete and fair contract by Dec. 8.
After 20 months of negotiations, enough is enough: Today, more than 1,000
@NYTimesGuild
members pledged to walk out if
@nytimes
does not agree to a complete and fair contract by Dec. 8.
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Thank you to the woman who saw my umbrella break on 46th street and gave me hers. She was going into her office. Serendipity + Mitzvah! I would have been so wet all day.
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For
@NYTMag
, I wrote about a group of doctors and midwives, in blue states, who are determined to get more abortion pills into the red states via telemedicine.
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With an amazing group (more about them in a sec), I've been working on a project to respond to letters from people who are incarcerated and to amplify their voices:
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This federal law has not been enforced for many decades buyt abortion opponents have been trying to use it to block access. I wrote about it here:
DOJ posted new OLC memo concluding that 18 USC §1461, criminalizing the mailing of abortifacients, basically doesn't apply to mifepristone/misoprostol. (Biden DOJ obv wouldn't prosecute that, but this keeps a future GOP admin from retroactively doing so.)
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This week on
@SlateGabfest
: the raucous State of the Union; the spy balloon and *best part*
@susandominus
on menopause: how women have been misled & our options for treatment.
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How about Rosie +
@ProfMMurray
's dog. Equally cute and of course we are all about equality.
Meet Rosie,
@EmilyBazelon
's new puppy who WILL be a recurring guest on "The Beat" starting soon (we hope)
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Rosie likes the lyric!
This is Emily Bazelon’s dog …
Plead The Fifth when it comes to the fam / I’m like a dog / I never speak / but I understand
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Kudos to
@rozina_ali
for this incredibly well reported, heart breaking story about the forced adoption of a 2-year-old, taken from her Afghan family by a US serviceman. A 2-year-old! It seems like a horrifying perversion of law.
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For the legal landscape, DOJ's move today is a big deal.
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Thanks for joining us! Informative and chilling segment.
It was a pleasure to join the
@SlateGabfest
team this week to talk about the ongoing protests in China. Thanks
@davidplotz
@jdickerson
@emilybazelon
for having me!
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ICYMI: Fascinating history about misoprostol, the abortion pill that also helps treat miscarriage and post-partum hemorrhage. from
@jpatadams
.
An often told origin story has it that "the abortion pill" came out of a laboratory in Paris.
But written out of this hero's journey are the poor women of northeastern Brazil who made a far more consequential discovery.
My latest for
@TheAtlantic
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The bail reforms in the county that includes Houston "have resulted in a 13% increase in people released within the first 24 hours of a misdemeanor arrest and a 6% decrease in new prosecutions over the three years following arrest." Findings by
@QuattroneCenter
.
More evidence that if bail reform was left alone, it would work on all fronts - it would reduce jail time and improve safety.
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Good thread on actual abortion numbers post Dobbs. I have a bit more on this subject posting tomorrow.
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Thank you! This week on
@SlateGabfest
: New term at Scotus, Herschel Walker, and my NYT story on how to get abortion pills into red states:
Curious what political podcasts we listen to? We love hearing the
#thoughts
and
#insights
from
@jdickerson
,
@emilybazelon
and
@davidplotz
on the
@SlateGabfest
. Also shout out of favorite
#podcast
app
@Stitcher
!!
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TOMORROW is the deadline for
@ljjproject
’s Fellowship program. A fellowship helps early-career reporters improve reporting on crime and the legal system with access to training, support, and brilliant minds. Applications are due 9/15 at 11:59pm EST!
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A gut punch
My latest in The NY Times, a meditation on the life of Elijah Gomez. Please read, share, and remember what we know: guns are destroying our communities.
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Important sheriff's election on Tuesday, and test of the power of incumbency, in Bristol County, Mass. Thanks for flagging
@Taniel
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A year into Abbott's border crack down in TX, chaos.
NEW: A flood of human smuggling arrests is further overwhelming rural counties' court systems on the border, leaving dozens -- many of them American citizens -- languishing in prison for months with no relief. w/
@jaspscherer
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Good question. Copyright folks?
@emilybazelon
, as always, loved the
@SlateGabfest
, but in response to today's episode, I had a question. My guess is that a wedding designer does not own the intellectual property of a website done under contract. If so, doesn't that mean that it's not the speech of the designer?
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Oh for sure just as fun for me! Book link HERE:
My friend
@emilybazelon
and I have been talking about J. Edgar Hoover for years. (Maybe more fun for me than for her?) Now condensed to 37 minutes!
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Such an interesting piece about mistakes, viewed through the passage of time, and the limits of reform.
At 17, she was sentenced to 41 years for a crime she'd committed. This year, at 58, she had a chance to regain her freedom. But in a twist of fate, it was the same judge deciding her case again.
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Grateful for this interview
@wnpr
and for
@JohnJLennon1
. And thank you to everyone who has responded to our project and the letters from incarcerated people we are highlighting.
Emily Bazelon and I were on The Colin McEnroe Show on
@WNPR
today to talk about the Prison Letters Project as part of a larger discussion of prison content creators
@emilybazelon
@colinmcshow
@million_book
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In July, Massachusetts quietly passed a shield law that covers telemedicine (for abortion and gender-affirming care). It's the only state with *this* kind of shield law so far.
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Thank you, and yes I hear you (and grateful to you for answering those letters)
Letters from prisons come in at our office all the time. We try to answer them all. The tough ones are from someone plausibly claiming innocence.
This Prison Letters Project looks important & really well-done - inspired by a NYT Mag piece by
@emilybazelon
.
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Important work ------->
So today, I'm launching my Substack, The Watch. For now, this will be my primary source of income and the primary way I fund my journalism.
If you support my work, I hope you'll subscribe, and I hope you'll spread the word. Thanks!
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Glad to go deep on Moore v. Harper with
@harrylitman
and
@tribelaw
for
@talkingfedspod
. And Senator Whitehouse joined to talk about his amicus brief (on dark money).
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hey
@SlateGabfest
, it's us
HARK DAILY - A mixtape of Monday's must-hear podcast moments, hosted by
@theholdsteady
's
@steadycraig
, from the podcast 'That's How I Remember It'. Featuring:
- Will the FBI raid affect the midterms?
@emilybazelon
- Dismantling "quiet quitting"
@samsanders
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Looking forward to this, with Philly ♥️🙏!
We scoured the country for the ideas, changemakers, and innovators who are transforming cities. Meet these dynamic leaders whose ideas could fuel much-needed progress in our city at the 5th annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival!
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and we're live! come here about this new journalism training project.
Law & Justice Journalism Project Live Chat
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Thanks for coming! We had a great time and loved doing the show with
@waberosescott
❤️
Long time listener, first time (live) viewer. Great show from
@SlateGabfest
in Atlanta.
@davidplotz
@emilybazelon
@jdickerson
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The project is inspired by
@YuticoBriley
and the letter he sent me in 2019, which launched his fight, with my sister
@larabazelon
representing him, for his exoneration. (The subject of a I wrote about him in NYT Mag last summer.)
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We are really looking forward to this show, Atlanta—come on out!
Want to see the
@SlateGabfest
crew live? Hosts
@jdickerson
,
@emilybazelon
, and
@davidplotz
will be on stage in Atlanta on November 2 to debate the issues driving the midterm elections—in Georgia and beyond—in front of a live audience. Here's how to join:
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Yes! I'm trying out the recipes and we'll compile a list for everyone.
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Welcome to all of you — excited for you to help us fly this plane as we build it, as
@SamFulwood
likes to say!
LJJP is excited to announce its inaugural cohort of sixteen Fellows! Please help us in welcoming
@miss_elenius
@RilwanReports
@JosiahBates
@billybinion
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Come join us!
Join NRI &
@ConstitutionCtr
on Friday in Philadelphia or virtually for a discussion on "Originalism: A Matter of Interpretation" with
@RichLowry
,
@emilybazelon
,
@stevenmazie
,
@ilan_wurman
Moderated by
@RosenJeffrey
Virtual
In-person
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Tomorrow!
Crime coverage has played an outsized role in the midterms. On Thursday, join
@radleybalko
&
@emilybazelon
to talk about what the media got wrong, and how that impacted outcomes. Register here:
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Lots of time for Qs and As, plus plenty of Qs from me!
Confused about what to take from the crime data that was just released? Want to know what the data on bail reform actually says? Join
@JohnFPfaff
@emilybazelon
- there will be time for Qs and As
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Honored!
Join us Sunday at 8 PM ET for our 2022 Virtual Gala. Our honorees and guests will include E-Street Band Drummer
@EStreetMax
, Journalist
@emilybazelon
, CNN's
@wolfblitzer
, and
@StateSEAS
Deborah Lipstadt. Click the special link below to register for free.
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Looking forward to moderating and learning from this panel tomorrow!
Requesting records is never an easy task. Hear from investigative reporters
@keribla
@chalsne
and
@JoshuaPVaughn
on how to navigate the maze that is records requests. Register here:
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To be clear, the shield laws can't eliminate legal risk. More about that in my piece and the likely legal clashes to come between red & blue states. It's a serious challenge for abortion access AND for interstate relations—part of the fabric that holds the country together. /END
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Great lineup for this podcast, on a question that we'll be hearing much more about—what would it mean for AIs to have human rights?
Curious what philosopher
@AgnesCallard
,
@UChicagoLaw
legal scholar Aziz Huq, AI researcher
@alexhanna
and my 11 year old think about the future of rights and artificial intelligence? Listen now to the
@EntitledPodcast
season finale - do/should AI have rights?
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hey thank you for having me on the show. here's a piece I wrote about Scotus lurching to the right. It's from 2018 but um feels relevant.
Our series, 30 Issues in 30 Days, continues now with
@emilybazelon
on the history of the Supreme Court, its role in American democracy and proposals to change it.
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For making the prison letters project possible, thank you to
@NYTmag
and
@YaleLawSch
and
@million_book
(Freedom Reads). The writer who will take the lead in telling stories that come from future letters is
@JohnJLennon1
. It's a privilege to work with you, plus fun!
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Best Mystery Story --->>>
Yesterday I got an email asking if I'd left something
@Cornell
campus between Oct. 2021 & April 2022. More importantly: "Are you Spoon?"
"If yes, please let me know. If not, I apologize for the bizarre email."
So what is Spoon? AN EMAIL MYSTERY. Plz help solve it.
Deets in🧵:
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Thanks also to
@marcmhoward
and your equally fabulous students for alerting us to Tim Young's case. (More about Young at the link at the top.)
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hey we are excited about this —
@SlateGabfest
live in Atlanta, Nov 2!
Save the date!
@SlateGabfest
will be live on November 2 at
@georgiatech
’s Ferst Center for the Arts in Atlanta. Join
@jdickerson
,
@emilybazelon
, and
@davidplotz
as they debate the critical issues driving the midterm elections in front of a live audience.
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Either way, it was fun (nerd fun, but you knew that already).
@ConstitutionCtr
, thanks for hosting!
Just finished a
@ConstitutionCtr
debate about originalism w
@RichLowry
,
@emilybazelon
&
@ilan_wurman
, moderated by the great Jeff Rosen. Four members of the audience told me Emily and I prevailed 🤷🏻♂️, but you can decide for yourself when it streams later today
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Thank you
@MChadourne
for asking me to reflect on life last spring, and then six months later. Well, maybe more like eight months. The life span of Rosie my puppy! Anyway, I had a great time talking to you for this podcast ep:
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Shout out to the super talented designers of our website, Tiffany Mok and Tiffany Farrant-Gonzalez
@BeutlerInk
. They made us a beautiful landing page and more:
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Thursday!
Some smart people talking about a critical topic (that people often get wrong). Sign up here:
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This week on
@SlateGabfest
: some dire polls for Dems;
@RoyaTheWriter
on the possibility of revolution in Iran; and Arkansas’ law banning gender-affirming care for trans kids on trial. (Plus Liz Truss news alert!)
Political Gabfest
Where sharp political analysis meets informal and irreverent discussion.
slate.com
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Amazing array of thinkers at this conference today! Stretching my mind.
Wonderful conversation about the literary impulse and the incarcerated mind at “Incarceration and the Imagination” conference.
Speakers Rachel Kushner, Caleb Smith with
@DrJoyJames
responding. Moderated by
@emilybazelon
(
@YaleLawSch
,
@YaleWHC
)
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Yes, this is the thread I was talking about.
This is my Moore v. Harper
#ISLT
thread mentioned by
@emilybazelon
on
@SlateGabfest
.
And her link to this tweet on my concern about limiting remedies.
Verrilli unnecessarily & wrongly conceded this clause may limit judicial remedies to fix gerrymanders and racist districting:
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also, interesting petition today asking to add miscarriage management to the label for mifepristone, one of the abortion pills. (This relates to an issue that comes up in my piece.)
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The
@ljjproject
’s PAID, year-long fellowship will pair you with mentors who have deep experience in reporting and crafting stories. Questions? DM me.
TOMORROW is the deadline for
@ljjproject
’s Fellowship program. A fellowship helps early-career reporters improve reporting on crime and the legal system with access to training, support, and brilliant minds. Applications are due 9/15 at 11:59pm EST!
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Lol. Rosie just wants to be friends not rivals. She sends kisses!
@TheBeatWithAri
@emilybazelon
Cole's tongue is out because he's salivating over the prospect of criminal referrals. IJS.
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By amplifying the voices of the people who write to us, we aim to create a way for advocates—lawyers, journalists, and potential penpals—to learn of their experiences and offer help. You can reach us by email at prisonlettersproject
@yale
.edu.
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We tell the people who write to us we don't know exactly what will come of this effort, and that's true. But I hope something good ♥️🙏♥️
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The cost of travel for people like them now, to a blue-state clinic for a first-trimester procedure, with transportation and lodging, is easily running to $2,000. Good piece on this by
@atmccann
.
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Come join us for this great panel on Tuesday!
On 10/18, 6pm ET, join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Keller, author of
@ColumbiaGR
’s "What's Prison For?", with
@emilybazelon
&
@vivian_d_nixon
from
@square1justice
for a virtual dialog on the current state of US prisons and how we got here.
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I'm grateful to the amazing group I mentioned who made this project happen:
@dwaynebetts
, Kayla Vinson,
@jformanjr
, and four fabulous law students: Natalie Smith, Partha Sharma, Johnathan Terry, and Joel Sati.
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Looking forward to this conversation on Tuesday about an ever important and pressing topic—join us!
On 10/18, 6pm ET, join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Keller, author of
@ColumbiaGR
"What's Prison For?", with
@emilybazelon
&
@vivian_d_nixon
for a conversation on the current state of US prisons, and how to fix them.
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Plus one—thorough and dispassionate.
@radleybalko
is the best, most informed writers on crime that I've seen. This is well worth your time.
Your guide to crime and the midterms, by
@radleybalko
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Abortion opponents are determined to stop them. The stakes are high: potential prosecution, lawsuits & threats to medical licenses. Lawsuits are the preferred tactic of the anti-abortion lawyers I talked to. (They also say they want to deter providers, not punish pregnant women.)
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To borrow a line from
@paulesabin
, Nicky's book is a cross between Common Ground and Serial. Check it out! And if you're nearby, come to one of these events! I'll be there tomorrow.
THE OTHER SIDE OF PROSPECT by Nicky Dawidoff is out this week, and he'll be speaking about it widely over the next few weeks...
"A searing portrait of injustice in America."-PW
"I finished reading this book with heartbreak and great gratitude."-ADRIAN NICOLE LEBLANC
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Clinics remain a mainstay of the post-Dobbs landscape. Abortion funds are ramping up their services for people who need help paying. But If 250,000 people have to travel, the cost would be staggering—$350 million to $500 million.
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Aid Access, the group I wrote about, asks for $105 to $150 for a medication abortion, provided via telemedicine, with an induced miscarriage at home. If you can't afford the fee, you can pay less or nothing. The service now reaches people in red states through a doctor in Europe.
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Gratitude to
@isbellHFh
for being such a super host!
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Abortion care, now that Scotus has ended Roe, is a math problem. Just two years ago, 250,000 people had abortions in states where that is now illegal or severely restricted.
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Come ask questions!
If you’re wondering about
@LJJProject
& how to take part on the fellowship we’ll tell you all about it tomorrow.
We’ll be live chatting here on Twitter, as well as on my linked in and FB accounts. Just find my name on all platforms.
#More
at .
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Come join us or listen Thursday!
Come see
@SlateGabfest
this Wednesday, November 2 in Atlanta for a live debate on all things midterms with
@emilybazelon
,
@davidplotz
, and
@jdickerson
. They'll also be joined by journalist
@waberosescott
for an in-depth discussion on the races in Georgia.
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The U.S. doctors & midwives I wrote about want to expand Aid Access's services in red states. They want the blue states they live in to reduce the legal risks with state shield laws for telemedicine abortions.
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Often travel means a multi-day trip, which some people can’t make because of kids or jobs, for example.
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@JessPish
@jduffyrice
@Piper
@avitale
@BrandondelPozo
@deray
@CBHessick
@MauriceChammah
Congrats Jess, can't wait to read this! It's gonna be a real contribution.
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Tomorrow night:
Very excited to moderate this important discussion tomorrow.
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