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Rochester Red Star in print. Have you seen the new issue?
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Rochester is part of tonight's socialist wave! We know for sure that our endorsed candidates Stanley Martin and Kim Smith will be on Rochester City Council.
Rajesh Barnabas currently has the lead but with absentee ballots pending that race is too close to call.
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Our endorsed candidates Stanley Martin, Kim Smith, and Robin Wilt won their elections for Rochester City Council and Brighton Town Board, respectively!
We were thrilled to support and campaign for such amazing candidates. Congratulations!
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Our two oldest members: “our activities have always tried to make things better not for us, but better for mankind”
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The only lesson elites ever learn from wars is that they are wildly profitable.
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We try not to be downers on this site but we also really really wanna say once more that the US is a heinous mass murder machine
Incredible journalism: NYT visits 150 US airstrike sites in Iraq, finds civilian death rate 31 times higher than US coalition says, civilians repeatedly clasified as ISIS:
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Every elected official who voted to fund the police is complicit.
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Congrats again to our endorsed candidates, Stanley Martin, Kim Smith, and Robin Wilt! We're thrilled about what their victories mean for the Rochester area.
We look forward to wedging Rajesh Barnabas into this graphic as soon as the absentee ballots are counted!
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Not a whole lot that hasn’t already been said about Kavanaugh but we are again reminded that this is just how things work in an illegitimate system. Any future worth building has to be built on top of the ashes of what we have right now.
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Running to Trump's right on imperialism is not the winning look Mayor Pete thinks it is.
No war in Iran. No war in Venezuela. End American Empire.
The illegitimate takeover of the Venezuelan National Assembly is further evidence that dictator Maduro will stop at nothing to consolidate his grip on power. I stand behind Juan Guaidó and the Venezuelan people as they strive to reclaim their democracy and defend their rights.
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La'Ron Singletary, who attempted to cover up the murder of Daniel Prude, is now on top of everything else a loser.
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Our statement on yesterday’s events. Members, we hope to see you at our emergency meeting tonight.
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Thanks for getting the message out Fox
Yesterday, Democratic Socialist
@SenSanders
marked
#BlackFriday
exactly as you'd expect him to.
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No support for genocide.
A crowd of protesters chanting “Ceasefire now” as Joe Biden arrives in Syracuse (NY)
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Rochester DSA condemns the RPD, the Locust Club, and local elected officials who, in our eyes, are all implicated in the murder of Daniel Prude. We support the demands of Free the People Roc! Arrest the killers and their accomplices and defund the RPD NOW!
#blacklivesmatter
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Does Rochester even have a Mayor? A City Council? Does Monroe County even have a County Executive? Or a County Legislature? Based on what we saw last night, the overpaid goons of the Rochester Police Department run this city.
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Stanley Martin will never -- oh, just to pull an example from nowhere -- say they support police accountability and then vote in favor of a multimillion dollar police substation.
#DefundThePolice
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We're proud of what the
@electrajesh
campaign was able to accomplish. Running as an open socialist Rajesh lost the democratic primary by only nine votes. He continued his campaign through the general election on the WFP line securing over 30% of the vote, which is no easy feat.
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our new union-made fundraiser shirts are available for preorder right now! all proceeds go to reimbursing our convention delegates
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ROC DSA endorses four more candidates! But none of them can do this alone. From door knocking to data entry, there are plenty of ways to help.
Sign up at to fight for working class representation!
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“Socialism is the people. If you’re afraid of socialism you’re afraid of yourself.”
Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was shot and killed by the FBI & Chicago Police on December 4, 1969 during an early morning raid.
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In the wake of recent threats made against the trans community in Rochester and the national assault on trans rights, ROC DSA is proud to stand in solidarity with the trans and larger LGBTQ+ community today on Trans Day of Visibility and every day.
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Two good rules of thumb for Primary Day:
1. DON'T vote for candidates whose signs landlords have placed on their rental properties.
2. DO vote for candidates ROC DSA has endorsed.
Unlike the landlords' candidates, they care about our community and want to make it better.
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Any system capable of creating a situation where, first, nine agents of the state could mace a nine-year-old Black girl suffering a mental health crisis, and, second, publicly attempt to justify that horrible violence is a system that does not deserve to exist.
#DefundThePolice
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Congratulations to DSA members
@Carolyn4County
and
@marylupienroc
on their successful re-elections! Their wins show the strength of the local democratic socialist-progressive forces in Rochester against the local establishment.
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ROC DSA stands against oppression in all its forms. We call for an end to America’s financial, moral, and military support for apartheid. 🇵🇸
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This is what we mean when we say Defund the Police/Refund the Community. City pools aren't open on weekends, the school year is about to start with a teacher shortage, and rents continue to skyrocket while police collect unfathomable overtime without any limits or accountability.
The $250K cop has arrived in Rochester. Rising crime and a shortage of police officers means no shortage of opportunities for officers to work overtime – with some clocking 90+ hours a week.
@GinoFanelli
examines the implications of extensive overtime.
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Our members, comrades, and allies all saw how police behaved last night. This is nothing new. They produce violence every day. This was just their everyday work at scale.
When police tell you who they are, believe them.
#DefundThePolice
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Not whole gang but here’s some of us training for NY single payer canvassing before goin out. Each convo with a neighbor builds a movement
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We cannot remain silent. We must demand an immediate end to U.S. support for genocide and the dismantling of the occupation.
#CeasefireNOW
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Rochester General Hospital (RGH) is engaged in blatant union busting, suspending RUNAP president Carmen Camelio and vice-president Christa Kendall the same week that strike petitions start to circulate. All of Rochester should be ready to support our nurses, as they support us.
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This will be the largest strike in about a decade if no deal is reached in 24 hours. Join in solidarity Friday at 3pm 211 Miracle Mile Dr.
Unless AT&T comes to the table, 40,000
@CWAUnion
workers will walk off the job to strike on Friday
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Being transgender is inherently political. Even though Rochester is safer than many other places, there is a long way to go.
@rocDSA
proudly stands with our trans comrades and allies.
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There will be an antiwar rally tomorrow, Thursday 1/9, 4-5pm, at the Federal Building, 100 State St., Rochester.
Tell
@RepJoeMorelle
@SenSchumer
and
@SenGillibrand
to support the Khanna-Sanders bill to block funding for an Iran War!
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We’re proud to announce that Rochester DSA’s chapter application has been approved and we’re now an official chapter of
@DemSocialists
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Our state's governor, somehow the most bloodthirsty criminal of the bunch.
Ahead of her Israel trip, Gov. Hochul acknowledges strike that reportedly killed 500 people at a Gaza hospital:
"Israel has a right to defend itself against Hamas. We also have to make sure that civilians get humanitarian aid and lament the loss of life" of innocent civilians.
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Abortions on demand, without question or apology, for everyone, nationally and internationally, forever.
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they told us it’s Graham-Cassidy or socialism, and Graham-Cassidy is dead, so……….
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shut the fuck up!
Protesters have started throwing rocks at officers
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Fascists want to come to Rochester. We're not going to let them.
Join us to smash the fash:
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Each rally grows larger, the chants louder. We will continue to organize in solidarity with Palestine, and for decolonization in all its forms. We shall overcome.
#CeasefireNOW
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By now, if you still use the weasel language "officer-involved shooting," which the AP Style Guide explicitly says don't use, you're telling the community you're not a news agency -- you're a cop propaganda shop.
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Rochester, meet your new acting police chief Mark Simmons:
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Excited to present our final list of endorsements for the June 27th primaries!
Join us 11am this Saturday at the Liberty Pole to canvass for our slate of candidates who believe that Rochester & Monroe County should benefit the people who live here, not the interests of capital.
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Capitalist politician values private property more than human life. A timeless news story.
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown excoriated those found looting stores in the aftermath of the blizzard: "I don't know how these people can even live with themselves, how they can look at themselves in the mirror. They are the lowest of the low."
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ROC DSA held a chapter vote resulting in formal support for the National Convention ‘23, proposed constitutional/by-laws change “Strengthening Democracy by Increasing Member Input and Creating a National Delegates Council.”
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Thank you for standing against fascism
@jbrekkie
, you're officially added to all of our events' playlists from now on!
re Rochester show at the Armory. We have cancelled the event because a number of people reached out letting us know they were boycotting the venue because of the Reawaken America tour. We were told the event was cancelled and later learned it was secretly still moving forward.
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It’s been about a year since our surge in growth and our work is just getting started. Join or re-up with the largest socialist organization in Rochester with a monthly membership!
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🤔
American propaganda map from the Second World War (1943) showing an imagined Operation Barbarossa-style invasion of the United States.
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It is clear that if
@CityRochesterNY
defunds vital municipal services while maintaining police at full funding, they will be perpetrators of a crime against the city's people.
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A shocking visualization of how downtown Rochester has been completely given over to the car.
Are cities for cars or for people? Given how empty downtown is, we have our answer.
Better housing and better public transit are necessities.
Inspired by
@the_transit_guy
's maps, I've made a parking map of downtown Rochester. This is by no means complete, but I think I've got everything within the Innerloop.
Yellow=surface lot.
Purple=parking garage.
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Saturday 10/14: it’s that time again
💊NY single payer canvassing
🕰 10am - 2pm at Metro Justice
🍕You can figure this one out
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Solidarity with our comrades in the 'other' Rochester, England. We're inspired by their direct action.
#CeasefireNOW
is a global movement.
#FreePalestine
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HAPPENING NOW: Over *400* trade unionists are blocking the entrances to BAE Systems Rochester, which provides parts for aircraft being used right now in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
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This is bootlicking journalism at its worst.
The police assaulted peaceful protesters with pepperballs and spray. But you'll see no mention of injured protesters or the weapons police used against them.
There's no excuse. Even the D&C has managed to cover this well.
2 RPD officers injured, 8 demonstrators arrested in second night of protests
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Say their name, News10:
@monroeccydsa
We stand in full solidarity with our comrades of MCC YDSA and demand the chapter's immediate reinstatement. Their cry for a safe campus, free from heavily armed police, is a just one.
The suspension is to silence our dissent.
Club at MCC that led protests against long guns on campus has been suspended
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Nothing about justice from the mayor. Just bean counting.
Imagine a future where city budgets didn't have to include multi-million dollar payouts for their out-of-control police departments. Imagine a future where Daniel Prude didn't have to die.
The city has settled with the estate of Daniel Prude, to the tune of $12 million
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It bears repeating, again: these are not isolated incidents. These are ingrained patterns of decision making. The racism is the point.
The Rochester Police Department cannot be reformed. It can only be defunded and replaced.
There is a second pepper spray incident involving a child, the PAB reports. This one happened while a mother was holding a 3-year-old child. It happened on Feb 22 on Portland Ave. PAB statement below:
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Imagine if Democratic politicians cared as much about the lifting up the working class as they do about schmoozing with billionaire Republicans.
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With the news of DA Sandra Doorley indicting Mayor Lovely Warren breaking, we have only one comment:
Resign Lovely Warren.
Resign Sandra Doorley.
Both have failed our community with their indifferent handling of Daniel Prude's murder.
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Despite the rain, Monroe County showed up to demand an alternative to RG&E. We must get the facts - fund the public utility study now!
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🌹General Meeting tonight
🌹6:30pm to 8
🌹Abundance Co-op South Wedge
🌹Here’s a 4th rose
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The RPD are openly flying the fascist flag. Will anyone in city government reign in these goons, or are they as afraid of their cops as Congress is of theirs?
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The picket line is the people's inauguration ball.
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DSA and its members are fighting for trans liberation on this
#TransDayOfAction
! Join us to take the fight into our own hands, working against far-right oppression and barriers to trans healthcare, housing, and more, today and every day.
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If there were no nurses, hospitals wouldn't function. Everyone's lives would get measurably worse.
If there were no hospital executives, nothing would change. If anything our lives would improve.
Pay the RGH nurses what they're worth.
Rochester General Hospital released a statement this week saying that the strike threat is 'disappointing' despite progress being made at the bargaining table, and said they are committed to reaching a fair contract.
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Defund the RPD.
Free the People ROC organizer, Ashley Gantt, in handcuffs after officers asked her to leave the property of the Rochester Police Union Locust Club where the press conference is happening. She was sitting outside on a bench
@SPECNewsROC
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Official ROCDSA statement on events in Charlottesville today by Ariel Cruz
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Michael Mazzeo is a lawless goon, and Stanley Martin is a principled opponent of systemic police violence and racism. Mazzeo is in no position to demand anything of them.
President of the Locust Club Mike Mazzeo is demanding Councilmember Stanley Martin publicly apologize to RPD officers for commenting on the shooting of Brendon Burns
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It doesn't matter how massive their budgets are, the only solution police offer the public for anything is "more cops."
There are too many cops in Rochester. We need fewer cops and different, better solutions.
BREAKING:
@RochesterNYPD
Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan is bringing in the Feds immediately - to get and keep violent gun offenders off of Rochester's streets. She tells me about the plan and will hold a news confernece today at 5:30. Stay with
@SPECNews1ROC
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Today, Rochester joins more than 100 cities in passing a ceasefire resolution, sending the message to national leaders to end support for genocide.
ROC DSA and our allies will not stop organizing for the full liberation of Palestine and all oppressed peoples.
#CeasefireNOW
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Black lives matter more than property.
#BREAKING
: Joe Biden speaks on Philadelphia unrest.
Reporter: "What do you say to Philadelphia residents that are outraged by yet another unarmed Black man being shot by police?"
Biden: "What I say is that there is no excuse whatsoever for the looting and the violence."
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ROCDSA is proud to endorse Stanley Martin for Rochester City Council! Stanley is an organizer and co-founder of Free The People Roc who will stand with working people and stand up to the police.
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Massive win for DSA member
@Ocasio2018
✊🌹
Joe Crowley was a high ranking House Democrat who took all the worst kinds of money and served only the capitalist class. More socialists in Congress please!!
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Our position as socialists is unambiguous. The police serve no socially useful purpose. They need to be defunded and disarmed.
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We have no idea why
@electrajesh
's opponent sent out mailers emphasizing how cool Rajesh is and how he'll be great for our community, but we agree with Rajesh's opponent: Vote Rajesh Barnabas tomorrow if you haven't already!
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At every level, from personal to public policy, Andrew Cuomo's governorship has been criminal. It is time for him to resign.
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The City of Rochester discourages residents from practicing basic compassion towards the unhoused.
The city posted this just days after being sued in federal court for attempting to evict people from the Loomis St encampment without offering any realistic alternative.
Discourage panhandling and help Rochester’s homeless get linked to food, shelter, and health care.
KEEP YOUR CHANGE and visit to learn more about organizations that connect key services with the people who need them.
#RochesterNY
#KeepTheChange
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The violent cop had a history of violence?
Charles LoTempio, the Rochester police investigator who was suspended with pay after handcuffing an EMT at Strong Memorial Hospital, has a history of violations within the department, including abuse of force.
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Defund the police means stop giving them money.
There are more than enough cops and prosecutors now. Every dollar wasted on violence workers is a dollar not spent on a library, a school, a social worker, a violence interrupter, a home for an unhoused person, etc etc
Public safety is a fundamental responsibility of government. That’s why I’ve proposed more funding to our law enforcement partners so we can combat a rise in violent crime.
View the 2023 Proposed Budget:
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"By calling out the National Guard, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello is casting endangered asylum seekers as alien invaders. 🧵(1/8)
Full Statement From ROC DSA:
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Abortion is under threat here in Rochester from predatory fake clinics that manipulate people into believing they cannot get an abortion.
Enough is enough. Join us and
@rocsocfem
Sat 8/27 12pm at Washington Sq Park to Defend Abortion in Rochester.
RSVP:
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You heard it from Bob Lonsberry, folks: socialist majority coming to city council.
If Michael Patterson and LaShay Harris lose next week's Democratic Rochester City Council primary, and Mary Lupien wins, it will give council its first-ever socialist majority and create the most-significant and most-damaging shift in the body's history.
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Andrew Cuomo needs to have resigned months ago. But today is not too late.
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Shame on
@CountyExecBello
. Support for genocide is a choice.
On this Indigenous People’s Day,
@rocDSA
chooses to recognize the victims of settler colonialism rather than its perpetrators.
Today we recognize our nation’s Italian-American heritage and recognize the contributions of Italian-Americans both past and present across our community. Happy Columbus Day!
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Police are not workers, they are servants of capital, and their unions do not deserve the cover of solidarity.
Next time someone defends police unions, ask them who the state is going to send in to harass their picket lines and provide cover for scabs.
DSA arranged for musicians from across MA to travel to St. Vincent Hospital today and play on the picket line for the striking nurses. The cops just showed up and made them leave claiming that they don't have a permit to perform live music.
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