Donald Trump is trying to steal the 2020 election. America is ignoring him.

President Donald Trump speaks on election night in the East Room of the White House in the early morning hours of November 4, 2020, in Washington, DC. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

What’s most noteworthy — and oddly hopeful — about the 2020 election is how people are ignoring Trump’s antics.

President Donald Trump is actively trying to stop votes from being counted in the 2020 presidential election and making false claims that Democrats are stealing a win from him.

It would all be so damn terrifying if we weren’t all, well, used to it.

Let’s be clear about what’s happening: As his opponent Joe Biden edges closer to victory, Trump is launching tweet after tweet after tweet in an attempt to delegitimize the election. He’s filed lawsuits to stop the vote count in Pennsylvania and Michigan without evidence of wrongdoing. And he gave an early Wednesday address in which he prematurely claimed victory even though there were millions of votes to be counted in battleground states.

Seeing a leader aim to subvert the electoral process in an attempt to maintain power is the kind of behavior the US government would condemn if it were happening in any other nation. But it’s not. It’s happening here.

While Trump’s behavior is troubling — and make no mistake, it’s deeply troubling — what’s most noteworthy is how almost everyone is ignoring it.

States are continuing to count votes, as they are legally bound to do, despite the president’s wishes. Trump-friendly networks like Fox News are denouncing Trump’s proclamation of an election win as “extremely inflammatory.” Basically, everyone is carrying on with the election even as Trump openly wars against it.

Perhaps it’s not so surprising. Trump has spent the last five years claiming elections have been rigged against him, that the press is the enemy of the people, and that a “deep state” conspires against him. He has had no problem sending militarized law enforcement around the country to dole out punishment to those ideologically opposed to him.

That Trump would say and act in such a way isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. In that sense, one would think the US would be in crisis, inching toward a democratic finish line it may not reach, all because Trump keeps pushing it back or erasing it altogether.

But it’s not. It’s moving forward with an election that, as of Wednesday evening, looks likely to have former Vice President Joe Biden legitimately replace Trump. The only people Trump has successfully rallied to his cause are those in his very immediate orbit, not the broader public and not even most of his allies.

Directly following Trump’s claim that he won on Wednesday morning, Vice President Mike Pence hedged with a simple, “We are on the road to victory,” and said that the campaign was confident Trump would win reelection after all votes were counted. The usual process, then, not Trump’s heavy-handed method.

The oddly hopeful message of the 2020 election so far may therefore be the abject failure of Trump’s authoritarian machinations to keep the country stuck where it is. If anything, it looks like the country is swiftly moving along despite him.

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Walmart's Black Friday deals have begun — save $67 on a Roomba 670

Save $67: As of 7 p.m. ET Nov. 4, the iRobot Roomba 670 vacuum is on sale for $177 at Walmart.

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We're not even a full week into November and yet the Black Friday deals have begun. Yup, you read that right. This year, there's no need to wait for the turkey to be cooked, as you can already start shopping for great deals thanks to Walmart's Black Friday schedule. 

Speaking of the holidays, this is a good time to get ready for the mess we're bound to make. Whether it's food falling on the ground or glitter decorations somehow getting everywhere, a robot vacuum would certainly make the clean-up process a lot easier for everyone.  Read more...

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Get the 9-in-1 Instant Pot Viva for only $49 before Black Friday

SAVE $50: Get the Instant Pot Viva electric pressure cooker for the low price of $49, as of 7 p.m. ET Nov. 4. 

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We love a good Instant Pot deal, and it's even better when the price drops to below $50. At 50% off, this Walmart early Black Friday deal on the 9-in-1 Instant Pot Viva brings it to the same price that the 6-in-1 Instant Pot Lux was on Prime Day, all while giving you three extra features.

This deal comes in round one of Walmart's Black Friday Deals for Days, which launches at 7 p.m. ET on Nov. 4. 

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The Instant Pot Viva is almost identical to the Instant Pot Duo, but the Viva also has a sterilize setting. It's technically a 9-in-1 device, but with a total of 15 one-touch cooking options, it can pressure cook, cook rice, slow cook, make yogurt, steam, sauté, warm food, make stock, make, cook eggs, sterilize, and sous vide. Read more...

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Get a 65-inch 4K TV for less than $250 in Walmart's Black Friday event

SAVE $170: As of Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. EST, you can pick up the 65-inch Onn. 4K Roku smart TV for $228 in Walmart's Black Friday Deals for Days event.

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When you think of nice TV brands, LG, Samsung, Sony, and Vizio probably come to mind. You shouldn't sleep on the lesser-known brands, though. 

In case you haven't heard, Walmart is running early Black Friday events, with the first one taking place on Nov. 4. This sale features an awesome deal on a 65-inch 4K smart TV. It's from a brand called Onn., which is only sold at Walmart, but the pricing is seriously awesome.

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Yes, seriously. The Instant Pot Duo Crisp is only $79.

SAVE $50: As of 7 p.m. ET Nov. 4, you can grab the Instant Pot Duo Crisp for only $79 at Walmart.

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Instant Pot fanatics and air fryer lovers alike can rejoice, because the Instant Pot Duo Crisp is $50 off in Walmart's Black Friday Deals for Days sale. 

This pricing is $20 lower than the Prime Day price for the same model, bringing the cost down to the same price as most of the regular Instant Pot models (the ones that can't air fry). Basically, this sale is like getting a whole air fryer for free, and who doesn't want that? 

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Trump campaign prematurely claims victory in Pennsylvania, forcing Twitter and Facebook to take action

With the latest results from Tuesday’s election handing some big wins to Joe Biden, the Trump campaign decided to take action.

On Wednesday afternoon, Eric Trump and White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany published posts on social media declaring President Trump the victor in Pennsylvania, a state where votes are still being tallied and no winner has officially been announced.

We have won Pennsylvania!

— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) November 4, 2020

Twitter took action promptly on President Trump’s early morning tweet spreading misinformation about voter fraud and stolen elections. It added a warning label calling the tweet “misleading” and restricted replies and retweets on the posting.  Read more...

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What Prop. 22 could mean for the gig economy nationwide

After Election Day in California, labor groups and coalitions of drivers were devastated. Ride-hailing companies were relieved. 

With Prop. 22's passage in California, Lyft, Uber, DoorDash, and other apps that rely on so-called gig workers will continue to treat those workers as independent contractors. (The SF Chronicle put the vote at 58 percent for, 41 percent against.) 

If the measure failed, the state's new(ish) employee classification law AB 5 would have turned those contractors into employees with benefits. 

So what does this mean for the rest of the country? California is often a bellwether. New York, Massachusetts, and other states considering gig economy legislation could look to its new "hybrid" model, in which companies give workers some limited benefits. Read more...

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Republican Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Raphael Warnock advance to Georgia Senate runoff

Kelly Loeffler and Rev. Raphael Warnock are headed to a Senate runoff in Georgia. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

After a close matchup, neither candidate garnered more than 50 percent of the vote.

Georgia’s special Senate election is headed to a runoff, after Reverend Raphael Warnock did not clear Georgia’s 50 percent threshold for victory in his bid to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler.

Loeffler has not had an easy time the past few months thanks to the state’s “jungle primary” system, where candidates from all parties compete in an initial round, and if no candidate wins a majority, the top two head to a runoff. Rather than focusing on her main Democratic opponent, she had to fend off a conservative challenge from Rep. Doug Collins, a staunch Trump ally who kept the incumbent from moderating her message.

An October 20 New York Times/Siena College poll showed Warnock leading both Republicans at 32 percent, with Loeffler getting 23 percent of Republican support compared to 17 percent for Collins.

“[Warnock] is opening a lead over either of the Republicans,” University of Georgia political science professor George Bullock previously told Vox, largely because Loeffler and Collins were splitting the Republican vote: “If you add the vote for those two together, it comes close to equalling the vote for Perdue and the vote for Trump.”

For their part, Democrats tried to persuade Matt Lieberman (the son of Joe Lieberman) to drop out of the race. But even as he’s polled in the low single-digits, Lieberman refused.

Loeffler’s gamble that running to the right would fend off Collins’s challenge without letting Democrats clear the threshold for outright victory has paid off. Now that Loeffler has beaten Collins, she’s free to face Warnock on potentially more favorable turf. A January runoff could make it difficult for Democrats to replicate the historically high turnout of a presidential election.

But Loeffler may not be able to pivot as cleanly as she might like to. Appointed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in 2019, Loeffler was chosen to help Republicans turn the tide of suburban women running away from the GOP. This year, desperately trying to hold on to her seat, she abandoned that moderate mantel, seeking the endorsement of presumptive conservative Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is best known for espousing QAnon conspiracy theories.

Two and a half weeks before the election, Greene endorsed Loeffler, highlighting the senator’s criticism of Black Lives Matter which the incumbent has called a “Marxist effort” and praising her as “the most conservative Republican in the race.”

Warnock’s candidacy, meanwhile, struck a national chord this summer as Black Lives Matter protests brought his work as the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church to the forefront. This is the same church where Martin Luther King Jr. served as pastor in the 1960s.

Issues of racial justice are not just “theoretical” to him, Warnock told Vox. One of his early ads was about his experience at age 12 of being dragged out of a store and accused of shoplifting, simply for having his hands in his pockets.

“All these years later, while we have made considerable progress, we’re still fighting voter suppression and police brutality,” Warnock said. “What I’m most inspired by is the appropriate restlessness of the yell. I think that they’re justified in their discontent.”

It’s not clear what issues will dominate the special election cycle, as Georgians will vote with the results of the presidential and many other key races decided. Whatever the issues, it’s clear that both candidates will have extensive financial resources to get their messages across.

As the Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported, ad spending on Georgia’s two US Senate races exceeded $150 million this cycle. Democrats and Republicans are likely to pour significant resources into this race as jockeying for another seat in the US Senate continues. But it will take another couple months to know the final result.

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New Jersey’s legislature put marijuana legalization on the ballot. Voters just approved it.

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New Jersey voters just said yes to marijuana legalization.

New Jersey has voted to legalize marijuana.

On Election Day, voters approved Public Question 1, which means the state will legalize the possession and use of marijuana for adults 21 and older, with New Jersey’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission in charge of marijuana production and sales, according to the New York Times and the Associated Press. The measure was open-ended on several fronts — including on taxes and whether home growing will be allowed — instead leaving it to the legislature to work out the details.

It was the legislature, with the support of Gov. Phil Murphy (D), that placed the measure on the ballot after it failed to pass its own legalization bill.

New Jersey already allowed marijuana use for medical purposes. The new law expands legalization to recreational and other nonmedical uses.

Marijuana remains illegal under federal law. But starting with President Barack Obama’s administration, the federal government has generally allowed states to legalize cannabis with minimal federal interference.

Before Election Day, 11 states and Washington, DC, had legalized marijuana, although DC doesn’t allow recreational sales. Change has moved quickly across the US: A decade ago, no states allowed marijuana for recreational purposes. Here’s what the map looked like before Election Day:

Supporters of legalization argue that it eliminates the harms of marijuana prohibition: the hundreds of thousands of arrests around the US, the racial disparities behind those arrests, and the billions of dollars that flow from the black market for illicit marijuana to drug cartels that then use the money for violent operations around the world. All of this, legalization advocates say, will outweigh any of the potential downsides — such as increased cannabis use — that might come with legalization.

Opponents, meanwhile, claim that legalization will create a huge marijuana industry that will market the drug irresponsibly. They point to America’s experiences with the alcohol and tobacco industries in particular, which have built their financial empires in large part on the backs of the heaviest consumers of their products. And they argue ending prohibition could result in far more people using pot, potentially leading to unforeseen negative health consequences.

In New Jersey, voters have sided with legalization supporters.

For more on the debate over marijuana legalization, read Vox’s explainer.

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Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville flips Alabama Senate seat back to Republicans

Tommy Tuberville has defeated Sen. Doug Jones, flipping an Alabama Senate seat back to Republicans. | Butch Dill/AP

Tuberville defeated Sen. Doug Jones, who was widely viewed as one of the most vulnerable Democrats this cycle.

Former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville has defeated Democratic Sen. Doug Jones, flipping an Alabama Senate seat that Republicans have been hoping to retake for some time.

Tuberville was widely viewed as the favorite in the race and had been ahead of Jones in recent polls. He kept a relatively low profile throughout the campaign, and focused primarily on his ties to Trump, as well as his credentials as the head coach of one of Alabama’s most popular college sports teams.

Much of his rhetoric ended up sounding very similar to the president’s: “Between Doug Jones and me, voters have the choice between a devoted liberal who embraces the D.C. swamp or a committed conservative outsider who wants to fundamentally change the way Washington operates,” Tuberville previously told the Associated Press.

Tuberville’s seat is one of a few Democratic-held ones that were in contention for Republicans this cycle. His win is a testament to how conservative the state still is: Jones’s success in 2017 was due in large part to the problems with his opponent, Roy Moore, who faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct toward young girls. At the time, many Republicans in the state declined to support Moore, a key factor in Jones’s victory.

Tuberville, meanwhile, had broad Republican backing after winning a runoff against former US Attorney General Jeff Sessions earlier this year. The seat he now takes is the one Sessions used to hold before he left to work in the Trump administration.

Tuberville has backed Trump’s plans for a border wall, tax cuts, and repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and is poised to be a staunch conservative once he’s sworn into office. Beyond his close alignment with Trump, however, Tuberville has been vague about what his legislative priorities will be when he gets to the Senate.

“All of the voices of the state of Alabama will be heard on the floor of the United States Senate,” Tuberville said in his runoff victory speech in July.

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Lindsey Graham has defeated Jaime Harrison, keeping his South Carolina Senate seat

Sen. Lindsey Graham holds on to his Senate seat against challenger Jaime Harrison. | Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

The Republican won a tight race over Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison.

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham defeated Democratic candidate Jaime Harrison to retain his Senate seat, bringing to an end one of the most closely watched Senate races of the 2020 cycle and one of the most expensive congressional races in history.

Graham has been in the Senate since 2003, serving as chair of the Judiciary Committee since 2019. During a brief presidential run in 2016, he was a noted critic of Donald Trump before his election, describing him as a “nutjob” and repeatedly arguing that Trump would be the downfall of the GOP.

But Graham became one of Trump’s most loyal allies in the Senate, largely only breaking with the president on foreign policy issues. He championed Trump, emphasizing his conservative successes, including the nominations of Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. And he relied heavily on his personal relationship with Trump — who won the state by 14 points in 2016 — throughout his campaign, though the president himself did not make an appearance in the state.

That might not have been good enough for some conservatives like Fox News host Lou Dobbs (who said of Graham in October that he “has betrayed President Trump at almost every turn”), but it appeared to have worked for Republican voters.

As my colleague Li Zhou detailed, Graham also emphasized that he was a better fit for South Carolinians than Harrison:

Broadly, in his messaging, Graham has characterized Harrison as being tied to the “far left,” while emphasizing his own commitment to what he has referred to as “law and order.” The senator has made it clear that he opposes criminal justice reforms like defunding the police (which Harrison has also said he’s against). And Graham has argued that he not only has strong connections to the state but has brought South Carolina federal funding for projects like the development of the Port of Charleston.

But he had to contest a Democratic campaign that repeatedly broke fundraising records, with Harrison raising more than $57 million in just three months. His effort drove Graham to repeatedly ask Fox News viewers for donations, saying in one appearance that Democrats “are going crazy raising money off the Supreme Court and we need to fight back.”

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Live results for psychedelic drugs ballot initiatives

Harvested psilocybin mushrooms grown in Denver, Colorado. | Joe Amon/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Oregon might create a medical psychedelics program. Washington, DC, could decriminalize psychedelic plants and fungi.

The US has a near-total criminal prohibition of psychedelic drugs. In Oregon and Washington, DC, voters are being asked if they’d like to change that.

Oregon’s Measure 109 asks voters whether psilocybin mushrooms, also known as magic mushrooms, should be allowed for medical purposes.

In Washington, DC, voters are being presented with Initiative 81, which could decriminalize a range of psychedelic plants and fungi.

The measures are seen by many activists as the next stage in scaling back America’s war on drugs, now that marijuana legalization has already reached 11 states and could be legalized in four more in the November election.

Polls show strong support for marijuana legalization, but it’s unclear how much public backing there is for measures decriminalizing psychedelics or legalizing them for medicinal purposes. Denver became the first US city to vote to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms in 2019, but no state has decriminalized or legalized psychedelic substances for medical use.

But activists may have an advantage in Oregon and Washington, DC — both of which are very liberal, and were among the first jurisdictions to legalize cannabis for recreational use (although DC, due to a bill passed by Congress, still prohibits sales).

The Oregon and DC measures will likely set the stage for future drug policy reform efforts. If two progressive places move forward with their measures, that may signal a wider public appetite for expanding access to psychedelic drugs. If the measures fail — especially in an election year that seems very favorable to more progressive causes — drug policy reformers almost certainly have their work cut out for them.

Washington, DC, Initiative 81

A yes vote would effectively decriminalize the non-commercial cultivation, distribution, possession, and use of “entheogenic plants and fungi,” and ask prosecutors to drop cases related to these substances. Commercial sales wouldn’t be allowed.

A no vote would mean DC would not deprioritize the enforcement of anti-psychedelic laws.

Oregon Measure 109

A yes on Measure 109 would allow patients 21 and older to buy, possess, and consume psychedelic drugs at “psilocybin service centers,” under the supervision of trained facilitators.

A no vote would mean patients would not have legal, supervised access to these drugs.

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No-context pop culture Twitter accounts are getting a whole lot of context this week, sharing some very pertinent, relatable screenshots amidst the 2020 U.S. presidential election. It's a bit of wry levity to help claw us through this.

Out-of-context Twitter accounts typically post screenshots of television shows without comment, often highlighting the absurdity of particular moments or phrases. While many accounts are still doing so this week, there's also been a noticeable trend in what type of stills are being highlighted. Themes of despair, comfort, fear, and voting have been prominent in many of these accounts' latest tweets, offering some sly commentary on the political hellscape that is U.S. Election Day. Read more...

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By the comparatively low standards of American elections, most voting on Tuesday appears to have taken place in a fairly orderly and sedate manner.

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Live results for 2020’s marijuana legalization ballot measures

Voters in five states will have a chance to legalize marijuana for recreational or medical use. | Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

If all of this year’s marijuana ballot measures are approved, weed will be legal for more than one-third of Americans.

If you have trouble viewing the results on a mobile device, try this direct link.

Between the presidential election, governor races, and down-ballot contests, this year’s election features a lot of important choices. Among those, voters in five states will have a chance to legalize marijuana for recreational or medical uses.

In Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota, voters could legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. In Mississippi and South Dakota (in a ballot initiative separate from the full legalization measure), voters could also legalize medical marijuana.

If all these measures are approved, the United States would go from having 11 states in which marijuana is legal to 15. Counting by population, that would mean more than one-third of Americans would live in a state with legalized marijuana, up from more than a quarter today.

The ballot initiatives represent a massive shift in drug policy. A decade ago, zero states had legalized marijuana. Then, in 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first two states to legalize cannabis for recreational use and sales — and many others followed.

Despite the success of state measures, marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. But since the Obama administration, the federal government has generally taken a hands-off approach to states’ marijuana initiatives. There are still hurdles — banking is a challenge for marijuana businesses under federal prohibition — but for the most part the federal government has not interfered in states’ laws since 2013.

That policy may reflect a change in public opinion: As it stands, public opinion surveys show that even a majority of Republicans, who tend to take more anti-marijuana views than their Democratic and independent peers, support legalization.

In that context, legalization advocates are optimistic about their prospects this year, even in historically red states like Arizona, Montana, and South Dakota. If all these measures are successful, the US will have taken a major step forward both in undoing its drug war, and in undoing some of the damage it has done to communities of color.

Below are this year’s marijuana ballot questions, along with live results powered by our friends at Decision Desk.

Arizona Proposition 207

A yes vote on Proposition 207 would legalize marijuana possession and use for adults 21 years and older, and would allow individuals to grow up to six cannabis plants. It would create a framework for legal sales, which would be subject to a 16 percent sales tax. Finally, it would allow people with criminal records related to marijuana to petition for expungement.

A no vote means marijuana would remain illegal for recreational purposes, although it’s already legal for medical use in Arizona.

Montana I-190

A yes vote on statutory measure I-190 would allow possession and use for adults 21 and older, letting them grow up to four marijuana plants and four seedlings for personal use. It would create a legal framework for sales, along with a 20 percent tax. It would allow people with criminal records related to marijuana to petition for expungement.

A no vote means marijuana would remain illegal for recreational purposes, although it’s already legal for medical use in Montana.

New Jersey Public Question 1

A yes vote would legalize the possession and use of marijuana for adults 21 and older, and task the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission with regulating sales.

A no vote means marijuana would remain illegal for recreational purposes, although it’s already legal for medical use in New Jersey.

South Dakota Amendment A

A yes vote on Amendment A would legalize marijuana possession and use for adults 21 and older. It would allow individuals grow up to three cannabis plants if they live in a jurisdiction with no licensed marijuana retailers. It would also allow for distribution and sales, with a 15 percent tax.

A no vote means marijuana would remain illegal in the state.

South Dakota Initiated Measure 26

A yes vote on Initiated Measure 26 would create a medical marijuana program for those with debilitating medical conditions. Patients would be able to possess up to three ounces of marijuana and grow three plants or more, depending on what a physician recommends.

A no vote would mean marijuana would not be allowed for medical purposes in the state.

Mississippi Ballot Measure 1

Ballot Measure 1 is broken up into two measures.

A yes vote for Initiative 65 would allow those with qualifying conditions to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana, taxed at 7 percent. The Mississippi Department of Health would be tasked with setting up regulations for distribution.

A yes vote for Initiative 65A would allow those who are terminally ill access to marijuana, and would empower the legislature to refine the specifics set in Initiative 65.

Voting for neither means that medical marijuana would not be made available.

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