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<title><![CDATA[Jonathan Swan - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/31699.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Swan]]></description><category domain="31699">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Behind Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views on Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/us/politics/vance-iran-war-trump-munitions.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vice President JD Vance received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, President Trump and other top administration officials were saying publicly.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside Trump's WH, Epstein Files Caused a Freakout]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/magazine/trump-epstein-files-white-house-vance-doj.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top advisers gathered in a series of Situation Room meetings as they struggled to contain a scandal engulfing Donald Trump himself.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How JD Vance Won Over Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/news/jd-vance-won-over-donald-120907931.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The meeting got off to a bad start. JD Vance walked into Donald Trump's office at Mar-a-Lago on a warm winter afternoon in February 2021. The former president had a thick stack of papers on his desk: printouts of Vance's copious broadsides against Trump. Vance's past criticisms had...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Resistance To a New Trump Admin Has Already Started]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/resistance-trump-administration-already-started-154827889.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An emerging coalition that views Donald J. Trump's agenda as a threat to democracy is laying the groundwork to push back if he wins in November, taking extraordinary pre-emptive actions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside Trump's Backroom Effort To Lock Up the Nomination]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/10/14/inside-trumps-backroom-effort-to-lock-up-the-nomination/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not long after the new chairman of the Republican Party in Hawaii was elected in May, he received a voicemail]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside Trump's Decision To Skip the GOP Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/08/19/inside-trumps-decision-to-skip-the-g-o-p-debate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On a cool August night on the crowded patio of his private club in New Jersey, former President Donald J. Trump held up his phone to his dinner companions.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump &amp; DeSantis Battle for IA Voters - and for Its Governor]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/07/08/trump-and-desantis-are-battling-for-iowa-voters-and-for-its-governor-too/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Kim Reynolds, the Republican governor of Iowa, stopped by a donor retreat that Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida held]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Plans to Beat His Indictment Politically]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/06/12/how-trump-plans-to-beat-his-indictment-politically/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald J. Trump will make his first appearance in federal criminal court on Tuesday. But the former president has been pleading his case for days in a far friendlier venue '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the court of Republican public opinion, where he continues to dominate the 2024 field.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why DeSantis Is Limping to the Starting Line]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/05/13/why-ron-desantis-is-limping-to-the-starting-line/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In November, Representative Byron Donalds scored a coveted speaking slot: introducing Gov. Ron DeSantis after a landslide re-election turned the]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis Backs Away From Ukraine, Angering Neocons]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/03/14/desantis-backing-away-from-ukraine-angers-g-o-p-hawks/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Declaring this week that defending Ukraine against Russia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s invasion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' was not a vital interest for the United States, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida cemented a Republican shift away from hawkish foreign policy that has played out over the past decade and accelerated with Donald J....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Radical Plan for Trump's Second Term]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2022/07/22/trump-2025-radical-plan-second-term?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&amp;stream=top</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' top allies are preparing to radically reshape the federal government if he is re-elected, purging potentially thousands of civil servants and filling career posts with loyalists to him and his "America First'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' ideology, people involved in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance Win a Body Blow to DC's Anti-Trump Republicans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/jd-vance-trump-ohio-senate-73416c45-67c8-46e3-9d82-837335f17816.html?stream=top</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If J.D. Vance follows his Tuesday night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' victory in Ohio's Senate primary'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' with a general election win in November, he'll arrive in a Washington filled with enemies and be seen as arguably the hardest-edged populist nationalist in the Senate GOP.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump &amp; His Allies Are New Powerbrokers in the GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/modern-republican-party-primary-trump-gop-d445dd51-adfc-469e-b1dd-5d6b25118bc7.html?</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new generation of power brokers is diminishing the clout of many who lorded over the party for years.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Leaked Document Reveals Biden's Afghan Failures]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/leaked-document-reveals-bidens-afghan-failures-c27d790c-3a50-4734-8543-7db710898bb2.html?</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The notes shed new light on how the administration was unprepared to evacuate Afghan nationals who'd helped the U.S. against the Taliban.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley Is in Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/inside-crisis-surrounding-joint-chiefs-093054770.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley goes before Congress on Sept. 28, he may face some of the most hostile questioning of any modern four-star general.Driving the news: Newly released excerpts from "Peril" by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' detailing secret moves by the nation's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside Biden's Latest Call With China's Xi Jinping]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/biden-china-call-xi-jinping-bc7e2be0-6ccf-4f04-b726-a8e9613d3ea4.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden's testing personal diplomacy after a frosty start to U.S.-China relations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders Supports Weakening Power of Police Unions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/bernie-sanders-police-unions-axios-hbo-4fa6a7bb-8ffc-4da8-b39a-150e90ebe8e3.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some pro-labor progressives are uncomfortable with how police unions use collective bargaining.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fresh Data Reveal How Trump Made Inroads With Latinos]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/trump-data-latino-support-49a0f0ed-b244-4b27-86b3-ee022e21f8c1.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' new analysis'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of U.S. voters suggests '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' counterintuitively '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' that the coronavirus pandemic may have helped drive former President Donald Trump's surprising increase in support from Latinos last November.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Premeditated Election Lie Lit the Fire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/trump-election-premeditated-lie-ebaf4a1f-46bf-4c37-ba0d-3ed5536ef537.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Jared, you call the Murdochs!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Jason, you call Sammon and Hemmer!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' President Trump was almost shouting. He directed his son-in-law and his senior strategist from his private quarters at the White House late on election night. He barked out the names of top Fox News executives and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside FBI Director Christopher Wray's Fate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/fbi-michael-flynn-chris-wray-trump-00c13ada-569b-4f5e-bfa3-354b794ea9e0.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recent revelations in the Michael Flynn case have heightened discontent in Trump's inner circle.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Syria Withdrawal Decision Exposes Trump to Political Peril]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/syria-troop-withdrawal-trump-allies-kurds-d0686854-ff4b-468e-b012-8effbae49609.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The move is shaking the already fragile situation with Republicans who have been defending Trump against impeachment.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Land of Make-Believe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/trump-thinking-amazon-omnibus-free-trade-21f10dc8-db9e-404d-8214-fa0efbe58a09.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton: Holds First Formal Press Conference in 10 Months]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/294991-five-takeaways-from-clintons-press-conference</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: Will Announce Fully Tax-Deductible Childcare in Economic Speech]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/290701-trump-to-announce-fully-tax-deductible-childcare-in</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump will say Clinton's vision "handicaps America's ability to compete globally."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: In Address, Vows to Jump-Start US Economy]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/policy/finance/290760-trump-vows-to-jump-start-us-economy</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??Americanism, not globalism, will be our new credo,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? Trump declared.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP: RNC Reassures that Trump Will Be on Ballot]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/homenews/presidential-campaign/290336-rnc-trump-will-be-on-ballot</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??Donald Trump is the nominee of the Republican Party full-stop,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? an RNC official says.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[AZ: McCain's Dem Opponent Matches Him in Fundraising]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/287234-mccains-democratic-opponent-matches-him-in-fundraising</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick raised more than $1.8 million in the second quarter of this year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cruz, Sanders Hope Wisconsin Win Will Change the Game]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/275143-cruz-sanders-seek-game-changing-wins-in-wisconsin</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz are looking to extend their parties' races for the White House with decisive wins in Wisconsin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on Tuesday.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' A win by Cruz over Donald Trump would puncture the GOP presidential front-runner'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s perceived strength in the Rust Belt,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders: Defends Past Praise of Dictator Fidel Castro]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/272485-sanders-defends-past-praise-of-fidel-castro</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Clinton slammed Sanders for a 1985 interview in which he praised Fidel Castro.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rubio: Scores First Victory, in Minnesota's Caucuses]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/271434-rubio-scores-first-victory-in-minnesota</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Swan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rubio has sealed his first win of the year's primary contests.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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