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<title><![CDATA[Annie Karni - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/30842.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Annie Karni]]></description><category domain="30842">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Abruptly Revive the Idea of Impeaching Trump]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress have assiduously avoided talk of a third impeachment of President Trump, concerned that it would distract from their midterm campaign message. That tide seems to have turned.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What if Dems&rsquo; Big Shutdown Loss Turns Out To Be a Win?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite considerable hand-wringing in the party about caving to Republicans in the government closure, some Democrats see potential upsides in the outcome.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sharper-Edged Fetterman Keeps Picking Fights With the Left]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2024/05/26/fetterman-flashing-a-sharper-edge-keeps-picking-fights-with-the-left/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senator John Fetterman was hard to miss, lumbering down an empty hallway in a Senate office building dressed in his]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Johnson Draws Praise for Defying His Party &amp; Doing His Job]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the Republican Party of 2024, styled in the image of former President Donald J. Trump, a norm-preserving, consensus-driven act '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' even a basic one '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' can be a career-ending offense.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Schumer Decided To Speak Out Against Netanyahu]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In an interview in his native Brooklyn, America's highest-ranking Jewish elected official said he felt obligated to call for new leadership in Israel.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Biden Faces Crisis, Dems Look On in Alarm]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/22/us/politics/biden-democrats-afghanistan-virus-midterms.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats fear that if the pandemic or the situation in Afghanistan continues to worsen, their party may lose the confidence of the moderate swing voters who lifted it to victory in 2020.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Dash to Finish, Biden &amp; Trump Face Off in Pennsylvania]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/in-dash-to-finish-biden-and-trump-set-up-showdown-in-pennsylvania/ar-BB1aBajA?li=BBnb7Kz</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' As the national'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' early vote'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' climbs past a staggering 93 million and challenges to the electoral process intensify across states, President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. are barreling into Pennsylvania and turning it into the top battleground in Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[At Mt. Rushmore, Trump Uses Race, Culture to Sow Division]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/at-mt-rushmore-and-the-white-house-trump-updates-american-carnage-message-for-2020/ar-BB16kXtQ?li=BBnb7Kz</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump spent the Fourth of July weekend sowing national divide, ignoring his failings on the coronavirus and vowing to fight what he branded the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'new far-left fascism.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Turns Daily Briefing Into a Defense of His Record]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/us/politics/trump-daily-coronavirus-briefing.html?action=click&amp;module=Spotlight&amp;pgtype=Homepage</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Also at the briefing on Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci said a comment he made that was seen as critical of the president was taken out of context, and Mr. Trump said he did not intend to fire him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bloomberg Is Taunting Trump, and Trump Is Taking the Bait]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/bloomberg-is-taunting-trump-and-trump-is-taking-the-bait/ar-BBZnhiC?li=AAJUkZb</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A few days after Election Day in 2016, Donald J. Trump received a call on his cellphone from Michael R. Bloomberg, an old acquaintance he had clashed with during the campaign.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Familiar Playbook After a Loss: Distract &amp; Digress]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/politics/trump-border-emergency-announcement.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Standing in the Rose Garden on Friday morning, President Trump heaped praise on Rush Limbaugh, the right-wing radio show host, who earlier in the week gave his blessing to a bipartisan spending bill that did not include the money Mr. Trump had demanded for a wall.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Mark Penn Is Sounding Trumpy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/31/mark-penn-clinton-strategist-mueller-investigation-donald-trump-219622</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The longtime Clinton strategist insists his objection to the Mueller investigation is about principle, not opportunism. His critics beg to differ.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mueller Is Leaving Ivanka Trump for Last]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/01/ivanka-trump-mueller-russia-probe-563169</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The special counsel seems to be leaving the president's children for last.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pompeo Emerges as Favorite to Succeed Tillerson]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/15/pompeo-tillerson-state-cia-244905</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's warm relationship with his CIA director mirrors his earlier closeness with John Kelly, who was elevated from secretary of Homeland Security to chief of staff.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Year of Anger, Disruption and Scandal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/04/trump-first-year-office-244542</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the year since his election, Donald Trump has relished personal fights and nursed grudges; continued to vilify Hillary Clinton and defend his own legitimacy amid the expanding Russia probes; stirred racial tensions while measuring his success by the strength of his base; and taken...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Teflon Don' Faces His Biggest Test Yet]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/teflon-don-trump-james-comey-test-238225?lo=ap_b2</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has survived more seemingly fatal political scandals than any American politician before him '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but even his allies see the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s shock decision to fire FBI Director James Comey as an unmatched threat to his young presidency. Sacking one of the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton: Podesta Tops Short List for Chief of Staff]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/podesta-tops-clintons-short-list-for-chief-of-staff-230366</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The veteran Dem doesn't want the job, leaving Vilsack, Klain and Sullivan as contenders.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Team Girds for All-Out Assault]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/clinton-team-girds-for-all-out-assault-229388</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With little to lose, Trump expected to tear into both Clintons at town hall debate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton: Preps for Donald Trump's Monica Lewinsky Attack]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/hillary-clinton-prepare-trump-debate-lewinsky-227033</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrat's team searches for a close ally willing to dredge up the most awkward, painful accusations against the candidate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Clinton Meet the Moment?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-2016-hillary-clinton-moment-226339</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The charisma-challenged candidate had been around for a long time but never established a rapport with the national electorate, struggled to articulate a vision for the future of the country and lacked any natural rhetorical gifts.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Certainly, nobody expected George H.W. Bush to deliver...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Has Hillary Clinton Finally Found Her Voice?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/hillary-clinton-messaging-225581</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton was about to get clobbered in the New Hampshire primary, and her campaign still didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have a message explaining why she was the right person for the job.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' With a toxic cloud hanging over Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s makeshift campaign office at the Radisson hotel in Manchester,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton's Leadership Test -- and Warning Sign]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-brexit-leadership-test-224798</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats view the Brexit vote fallout with wariness.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton's Path to Victory]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-path-victory-224228</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the blue wall holds, she needs only one swing state to win the White House.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Clinton Sealed the Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-nomination-sanders-224407</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was late May, the delegate math was insurmountable, yet Bernie Sanders was showing no signs of giving up. His campaign had bet everything on the June 7 California primary, hoping a win in the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most populous and diverse state would convince superdelegates his candidacy was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside the Clinton Paid Speech Machine]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/inside-the-clinton-paid-speech-machine-223395</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary and Bill Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s highly paid speeches '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' whose transcripts they steadfastly refuse to release despite pressure on the campaign trail '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' are cloaked in secrecy.Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have both seized on the issue, raising red flags about what the Clintons...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Bernie Changed Hillary]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/how-bernie-changed-hillary-222726</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No candidate ever wants a tough primary challenge, and Hillary Clinton has found the mass appeal of a self-described socialist particularly irksome. But as she shifts her gaze toward the general election and Donald Trump, Clinton may have actually learned some lessons from Bernie Sanders.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Hillary Beat Bernie on Trade]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-trade-220985</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Her broader economic message, combined with skepticism about TPP, won the Rust Belt.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Slams the Door on Sanders]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-bernie-sanders-220844?lo=ap_e2</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2016 Democratic primary effectively ended Tuesday night, with Hillary Clinton as the all-but-certain winner but Bernie Sanders barely acknowledging it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' For Clinton, a narrow win in Illinois and double-digit victories across the battleground states of Florida, North Carolina and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Clinton Hit the Reset Button on 2016]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/how-clinton-saved-her-campaign-220165</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the eve of her 22-point loss to Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton had been fretting about her strategy, questioning her staffing choices and generally flash-backing on her 2008 defeat.It was at this point, however, that the once-and-future Democratic front-runner...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton: Harry Reid Allies Caution Clinton on Slamming Nevada Caucuses]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/clinton-hillary-nevada-blowback-219295</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Annie Karni</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Her campaign's attempt to downgrade expectations backfires in the pivotal caucus state.]]></description>
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