Vulnerable Ohio Democrat's last-minute flip-flop on trans insanity has LGBT activists crying



Despite early recognition that their party's obsession with gender ideology contributed to its humiliating electoral losses in 2024, Democrats have largely spent the past two years draped in the LGBT flag, defending so-called "gender-affirming care" and cross-dressing men in women's sports.

With the midterm election just weeks away, Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio has joined other vulnerable Democrats in changing her tune on trans extremism.

'Your words create deep emotional harm.'

Kaptur was long a darling of the LGBT advocacy group Human Rights Campaign and like-minded activists. After all, she co-sponsored legislation that would prohibit public accommodations and federally funded programs from discriminating on the basis of so-called "gender identity" and voted in opposition to the Department of War's ban on military "dudes in dresses."

The congresswoman has, however, signaled a new approach in recent ads.

In one ad titled "Say No," Kaptur noted that she has "said no to gender ideology in schools." In a second ad pushed online late last month, she stated, "I voted with Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of our schools."

In both instances, she was referring to how she voted with Republicans in May to pass the Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act, which would require public elementary schools to obtain parental consent before changing a kid's pronouns or sex-based accommodations.

According to Blaze News' Poll Watch, Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in congressional history, is currently neck and neck with Republican Derek Merrin, whom she beat by only a few thousand votes in 2024.

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Kaptur's late-stage flip-flop has, of course, enraged the usual suspects.

Upon seeing one of Kaptur's ads, Erin Reed, the romantic partner of cross-dressing Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D), wrote, "This is getting out of control," adding, "Do NOT vote for anti-transgender Democrats."

Former Kaptur intern Nick Fulton whined in the pages of the Buckeye Flame that "as a 27-year-old working journalist who challenges oppression and interrogates transphobia daily, I am embarrassed at Rep. Kaptur’s name on my resume. So much so that I removed it."

"Rep. Kaptur might win over some far-right transphobes with this ad, but she is losing her integrity — and every queer voter who thought that her democratic membership meant allyship," added Fulton.

The non-straight advocacy group Equality Ohio slapped Kaptur with a D-grade, noting that while she at one time "earned a 100% rating from the Human Rights Campaign," she "recently released anti-trans ads."

Lucas County Stonewall Democrats published a letter on Sept. 21 demanding that Kaptur take down her "transphobic ad" immediately, stating, "Not only do your words create deep emotional harm and place an unnecessary spotlight on our Trans community members, putting them in more danger than they already are given the current climate, but you have also now engaged in a race to the bottom with Republicans."

The Christopher Steele Project, a trans advocacy group, whined, "We can want Democrats to win and secure a Democratic majority while also recognizing that the queer community’s organized political power does not have to fund the first Democrats willing to abandon us."

Alienating her radical base may not have been worthwhile since Republicans have already framed Kaptur's about-face as little more than naked election-time opportunism.

Her opponent, Derek Merrin, said at his rally with President Donald Trump on Saturday, "Marcy Kaptur is desperate to hold onto power. She is resorting to the typical career politician handbook: slander your opponent, distort the facts, and hope voters don't check the record."

"Marcy Kaptur is claiming that she no longer wants men to be able to play in women's sports," said Merrin. "The problem is she's voted two times against a bill that would have prohibited that practice. She's also co-sponsored six times the radical Equality Act that would allow men to play women's sports and allow men into women's locker rooms."

National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Zach Bannon told Fox News Digital, "Lies from desperate Democrat Marcy Kaptur can't erase her radical record. Kaptur is in damage control, and she must remove herself as a co-sponsor of the Equality Act and disavow her previous votes or remove her lies from the airwaves."

Kaptur's change in messaging strategy comes months after Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton (D) was downgraded by Equality Ohio after she claimed that she does "not support boys playing in girls' sports"; weeks after Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico of Texas walked back his support for men in girls' sports "if it risks safety or fairness"; and days after North Carolina Rep. Don Davis (D) released a commercial in which he states that "there should always be a safe and fair space for women and girls in sports."

Pew Research Center surveys found last year that:

  • 73% of Americans are uncomfortable with trans-identifying athletes competing against members of the opposite sex;
  • 66% favored requiring athletes to compete against members of their sex;
  • 56% support making it illegal for health care professionals to provide minors with "medical care for a gender transition";
  • 49% support requiring trans-identifying people to use public bathrooms that match their sex; and
  • 47% favor or strongly favor making it illegal for public schools to push gender ideology in elementary schools.

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'They got caught': Maricopa County 'mistake' with 3,126 ballots has Trump fuming



The most populous county in Arizona appears incapable of facilitating a federal election without running into problems.

The Maricopa County Recorder's Office, headed by Republican Justin Heap, revealed on Sunday that thousands of early ballots were mailed out prematurely owing to an alleged vendor error.

'Maricopa is a very, very dishonest county.'

Heap's office noted that it was informed on Friday by the vendor, Runbeck Election Services, "that it had mistakenly mailed 3,126 early ballots the previous day, six days before the scheduled October 7 mailing date. The premature mailing was not authorized by the Recorder's Office, which was notified only after it occurred."

RES claimed in a statement shared by the recorder's office that the vote-by-mail envelope mailers were sent to the U.S. Postal Service Business Mail Entry Unit by its logistics team last Thursday. They weren't supposed to be delivered until this Wednesday.

"These 3,126 packets were processed separately from the primary mailing because they did not qualify for USPS automated mail processing," said RES. "Non-automation mail requires separate handling and processing before being presented to the USPS."

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RES claimed that the vote-by-mail envelope mailers "had been completed and were being staged at our facility for their scheduled presentation," but the pallet holding them "was included with mail released that evening."

"The affected packets were part of the first voter request file provided to RES for processing," continued the vendor. "They are valid packets, produced from the authorized voter data provided to RES, and are addressed to voters who requested them."

Jeff Ellington, the CEO of RES, emphasized that the county was not to blame, stating in an interview, "It was pure accident, just a human error," reported the Associated Press.

"We regret it. But it was by no means intentional," added Ellington.

Arizona Rep. Abraham Hamadeh (R) noted that "this isn't their first 'mistake.' One error is incompetence. A pattern is a system."

Hamadeh's distrust is well-earned.

After all, according to the White House, Maricopa County experienced a significant election data breach just days ahead of the 2020 general election. The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency subsequently characterized that election as "the most secure in American history."

During the 2022 election, the county had widespread ballot printing and reading issues at voting centers. In the 2024 election, the county not only had mailing and processing problems but saw thousands of registered voters incorrectly flagged as needing to provide proof of citizenship.

A recent investigation found that numerous noncitizens were erroneously registered to vote.

President Donald Trump blasted Maricopa County on Monday over its latest election-related "error," calling the county "crooked" and suggesting that local officials "should be ashamed of themselves."

"Maricopa sent out thousands of ballots illegally, and they got caught," the president told reporters. "Now they're saying it was an error. Maricopa is a very, very dishonest county."

The Maricopa County Recorder's Office noted that "upon consultation with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, it was determined that the ballots remain valid and do not need to be voided or reissued. Voters may complete and return them normally. Any ballots received before early voting begins will remain unopened and securely stored until processing begins."

The Maricopa County Elections Department did not immediately respond to Blaze News' request for comment.

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'Fool me once': CNN analyst has bad news for Democrats who believe recent polls



Recent polling generally indicates that congressional Democrats are poised to come out on top in the midterm election. CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten is not convinced, however — especially considering pollsters' track record.

"We've had really good Democratic polls coming out from Ohio, Michigan, Iowa," Enten told "CNN News Central" talking head John Berman on Wednesday.

'There's a very, very strong chance that Republicans hold onto the United States Senate.'

A Marist Poll published on Wednesday showed U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) leading former Rep. Mike Rogers (R) 51%-44% in Michigan. The latest USA Today/Suffolk University poll shows Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown leading Republican Sen. Jon Husted 47%-44% in Ohio. According to a Fox News survey conducted from Sept. 24-28, Democrat Josh Turek has a two-point lead over Republican Ashley Hinson in the U.S. Senate race in Iowa.

"Fool me once, shame on you," continued Enten. "Fool me four times, I just have to ask the question: Could it happen again?"

Enten highlighted how the GOP outperformed September 2024 polls concerning Senate races and the White House by 9 percentage points in Iowa, 6 points in Ohio, and 5 points in Michigan. That same September, national polls suggested that Kamala Harris would win a presidential election that she ultimately lost in a landslide.

"I will note that the leads that the Democrats have in all of these races right now are under how much the GOP outperformed back in 2024," said Enten. "So you look at this, and you go, 'You know what? Maybe we should just hold on a second here because we've seen this dance before' — and it was not a dance that Democrats like when the votes were actually cast and counted."

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Berman insinuated that Trump not being on the ballot this time around might be a factor, but Enten noted that the lesson from the 2018 election — Trump's first midterm election — is that "it's the same exact story."

"The GOP outperformed September polls in the major 2018 statewide races by 6 points in Iowa, 6 points in Ohio, and 8 points in Michigan," said Enten. "The bottom line is this: Over the last few [election] cycles, whether it be 2018, 2016, 2020, 2024 — Republicans have outperformed their September polls by at least 5 points in all these three states where Democrats right now are ahead."

The data analyst suggested further that if Republicans outperform their Midwest polls as they did in 2018 and 2024, then even with Democrats carrying states such as Alaska, Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas, there could end up being a 50/50 split in the U.S. Senate with Vice President JD Vance serving as the tie-breaker.

"So if history holds in terms of the GOP outperforming their September polls, well, there's a very, very strong chance that Republicans hold onto the United States Senate, even if Democrats win in places they don't historically win in, like Texas," said Enten.

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Vance: Talarico wears Christianity as a 'skin suit' — and it reveals more than just contempt



Vice President JD Vance believes "woke is dead," and he thinks recent conduct from Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico demonstrates the point.

In an episode of conservative Vince Coglianese's podcast that aired on Tuesday, Vance sorted through white and black pills pertaining to the midterm election, which is now only five weeks away.

'Democrats are literally running away.'

Vance acknowledged the recent rightist doom-saying about the election, boosted in part by recent polls indicating that the Democrats have a serious edge in multiple races. However, the vice president emphasized that the country "is not going to be saved by what Thomas Paine would have called sunshine patriots."

"You have got to get in there and win these races and make it possible for Republicans to deny a bunch of crazy communists from having positions of power in the United States of America," said Vance. "It's just that simple."

Vance further suggested that the situation may not be as bleak for Republicans as some think, recalling polls from fall of 2024 that indicated that then-Vice President Kamala Harris was going to trounce President Donald Trump and that the Democrats were going to maintain control of the U.S. Senate.

In a Reuters/Ipsos poll published in late September 2024, Harris led Trump 47% to 40%, while an NBC News national poll showed Harris leading Trump 49% to 44%. Trump ultimately defeated Harris in a landslide, securing the popular vote and 86 more Electoral College votes than the Democrat.

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While optimistic that the pollsters may be wrong again, Vance noted there are nevertheless "headwinds" and that seldom does a party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House maintain its trifecta through the midterm election.

"It almost never happens, but this is very different," said Vance. "Number one, we have a very unique president. Number two, we have a bunch of crazy people running on the other side — yes, people who are promising not to lower your prices or to make your life better. They're promising to trans your kids and steal all your property. Like, that is not what the American people want out of their government."

On the topic of the "lunatics" Republicans must work to deny power, two Democratic names came up: Abdul El-Sayed, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, and Talarico, who is running against Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Coglianese noted that "Talafreako" appears to be "spending all of his time running away from every insane position he's ever expressed around with a camera" and referenced recently published undercover footage revealing the radicalism and heresy at the Democrat's church in Austin, Texas.

"This is what I think a particular type of hyper-progressive does to Christianity," said Vance. "They don't actually believe in the Resurrection. They don't believe that Jesus died as an atonement for human sin. What they believe is that Christianity can possibly be a useful tool to acquire political power. So they strip your religion of all of its meaning, of all of its truth, and wear it as a skin suit — and they try to trick people into voting for them."

"That's what Talafreako is fundamentally engaged in," added Vance.

The vice president once again identified a silver lining: Whereas Talarico was previously proud of his theological, economic, and moral radicalism, now when "you turn on the TV ... you would think James Talarico is basically a Republican, maybe a moderate Republican — but you would have no idea if you're just a normal Texas voter watching his advertising who this guy is."

Although Talarico's election-time moderation could be read as naked opportunism and deceit, Vance suggested instead that it means "we've won the argument."

"When you've won the argument so thoroughly that the other side is pretending they agree with you on the issues just to get elected, the result is not the black pill," said the vice president.

"The reason I'm super optimistic about just the nature of the country long-term is we have won the argument. Woke is dead. The Democrats are literally running away from things that they said two years ago in an effort to gain political power. That's cynical. It's ridiculous. But the fact that we won the argument is a very good first step."

Talarico — who had a five-point lead over Paxton in a September Texas Public Opinion Research poll and was tied with Paxton in the new Republican-sponsored Stratus Intelligence poll — recently walked back his previous claims that there are six genders and that "God is nonbinary," as well as his support for male transvestites playing in girls' sports.

A lesbian chaplain at Talarico's church in Austin was recently shown in undercover footage claiming that while Talarico has publicly pivoted about God being "nonbinary," "he'll change his tune back to where he was" if elected.

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Democrat accused of wishing 'botched abortion' on woman, roughing up staffer, using 'fa**ot' as campaign spirals



Former tribal court judge Mary Peltola was voted out of Congress in 2024. Now, in an attempt to revive her political career, she is trying to unseat incumbent Sen. Daniel Sullivan (R) to represent Alaska in the U.S. Senate.

Although Peltola has long enjoyed an edge over Sullivan in the polls, her campaign now appears to be spiraling.

'Mary Peltola’s closest aides describe a routine history of physical violence, explosive anger, and utter disdain for Alaskans.'

Weeks after senior campaign staffer Anton McParland abruptly left Peltola's team, the New York Times shed an unflattering light on some of the skeletons in the Democrat candidate's closet.

According to allegations from multiple former aides and text messages viewed by the Times, Peltola was allegedly a fan of using the words "faggot" and "retarded" in communications with her staff. In a text message earlier this year, she allegedly said of a commercial fisheries executive who posted a selfie with her, "F**k that retard."

While the Democrat's campaign denied that she used the word "faggot," it acknowledged that Peltola used the word "retarded" and said that she regretted doing so.

Given that both terms have re-entered the popular vernacular — even on the left — Peltola's alleged word choice is the least scandalous revelation in the report.

Former aides have characterized Peltola as something of an ill-tempered tyrant, accusing the Democrat candidate — who had the second-highest staff turnover rate in the U.S. House during her final year in office — of "angry and profane outbursts"; a tendency to jump up and down and stomp her feet when dissatisfied; allegedly shoving an aide; and supposedly cultivating a workplace so toxic that some staffers found themselves losing weight or in therapy.

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Far more damning than the accounts of Peltola having her staffers feed her daughter's pet chameleon is the 2024 text message viewed by the Times in which the Democrat apparently said of a woman on the board of a Planned Parenthood chapter, "I hope she dies of a botched abortion."

Although Peltola is a pro-abortion Democrat, the 53-year-old was reportedly critical of Planned Parenthood in her final year in Congress in light of strategy differences regarding a defense bill that included pro-life policies.

The Peltola campaign has gone into damage control after the New York Times' report, painting her as a victim and insinuating that her allegedly abusive behavior was the result of grief.

Alaskans for Mary campaign spokesperson Harry Child said in a statement, "Mary suddenly and tragically lost both her mother and her husband in the span of a few months in 2023. At the time of their passing, Mary was parenting kids through their own grief, serving full-time in the U.S. House of Representatives thousands of miles from home, and running a competitive re-election campaign — all while shouldering the enormous burden of grief."

"Like any person who has gone through multiple personal tragedies in the span of a few months, Mary sometimes struggled to deal with her grief," continued Child. "But she treats her staff with respect and care, and she maintains close positive relationships with her staff spanning her nearly 30 years in public service. Exaggerating and outright lying about moments from the hardest period of her life, and falsely presenting them as a pattern of behavior, is wrong."

Peltola's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

Alex Latcham, the executive director of the GOP-aligned Senate Leadership Fund, said in a statement obtained by Blaze News, "Mary Peltola’s closest aides describe a routine history of physical violence, explosive anger, and utter disdain for Alaskans, which makes her entirely unfit for the U.S. Senate."

"Peltola’s deeply offensive and disturbing comments do not represent the Alaska way, and she must publicly apologize to her staff and the people of Alaska."

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Here we go again: Ex-USPS worker charged for allegedly tossing hundreds of mail-in ballots in the trash



President Donald Trump routinely catches flack both for acknowledging the vulnerabilities of American elections and for taking steps to ensure that citizens' votes are properly cast, received, and counted.

While Democrats and the liberal media like to pretend that the president is off base and that "American elections are safe and secure," evidence to the contrary continues to mount.

'Ballot integrity is not a partisan issue.'

On Tuesday, a former letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service was arrested for allegedly singling out, then dumping hundreds of mail-in ballots at the beginning of his shift on June 3.

Damon Matai Seei, a 34-year-old resident of Payson, Utah, was reportedly covering a colleague's mail route and tasked with delivering at least 300 mail-in ballots to Americans in the Eagle Mountain area so they could vote in the June 23 primary election.

The detention memo alleges that Seei admitted to chucking the ballots in a dumpster outside a church because he wanted to "lighten his workload" in order to go home earlier.

As the result of the alleged ballot dump, some voters were unable to vote in the election, said the detention memo.

The incident came to light after numerous voters in the Eagle Mountain area complained to Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson about not receiving their mail-in ballots.

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The dumpster in the Utah church parking lot. Justice Department.

Davidson investigated the matter and discovered that voter participation in the area "was remarkably low," said the detention memo. An estimated 304 registered voters in the area never received their ballots.

USPS records helped identify which day the mail-in ballots were supposed to be delivered and by whom.

Seei is accused of driving to a church parking lot that wasn't on his route roughly 1.5 hours into his June 3 shift, discarding mail into the dumpster, then clocking out of work three hours later.

The ex-postman allegedly suggested to investigators that he was motivated by sloth, not politics, claiming he is not a "very political person" and did not intend to "disrupt any political process."

While Seei allegedly told investigators he just wanted to "get rid of advertisement mail," the detention memo claims that he admitted to setting aside the mail-in ballots at the beginning of his shift.

The ex-postman has been charged with one count of unlawful secretion, destruction, and delay of mail.

If convicted, Seei could face up to five years in prison and/or a hefty fine. His next court appearance is set for Nov. 30. It is unclear when he left the USPS and under what circumstances.

Blaze News has reached out to the USPS and the Utah Federal Public Defender for comment.

"When the defendant allegedly threw away the mail he was entrusted to deliver, he also threw away the chance for those citizens to exercise their right to vote," U.S. Attorney Melissa Holyoak for the District of Utah said in a statement.

"When American voters lawfully cast their vote, they should feel confident that it is counted," said acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter. "Allegedly throwing away hundreds of ballots is a serious federal crime that undermines the integrity of our elections. Ballot integrity is not a partisan issue."

During a press conference about the case on Tuesday, McCotter highlighted a USPS rule issued pursuant to Trump's March election executive order that "would have required mail-in ballots to have special tracking and design features."

"Unfortunately, but entirely predictably, that regulation was blocked by a judge in Massachusetts," continued McCotter. "In fact, she blocked the rule before it was even issued. That was reversed, but she issued another injunction. And the litigation extended for so long that that regulation will not go into effect before the '26 midterms."

McCotter appears to have been referring to U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani.

The deputy AG added on X, "It’s a real shame that the courts blocked a commonsense USPS regulation that would have required enhanced tracking for mail-in ballots. It would have ensured that ballots stay out of the wrong hands — and also end up where they belong. Alas."

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House Democrats get BAD NEWS about their foothold in Missouri



Liberals thinking that they may have won the congressional redistricting battle in Missouri might be headed for a major upset.

Missouri lawmakers repealed the Show-Me State's 2022 congressional map last year and passed legislation, HB 1, enacting new congressional boundaries — effectively changing Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City-based district into a Republican-leaning seat.

'Only use of the 2025 map complies with the Constitution.'

While Democrats melted down over their likely loss of an additional seat in the House, the liberal advocacy group People Not Politicians and its executive director, Richard von Glahn, organized a campaign aimed at forcing the state to hold a referendum on the bill and sued the state to prevent the 2025 map's use in the midterm election.

The case was kicked up to the Missouri Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled on Sept. 3 that the map must be approved by voters in a November referendum before being used — despite Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins previously determining that "the Missouri Constitution does not authorize a referendum on congressional redistricting plans passed by the General Assembly."

President Donald Trump said in response to the Sept. 3 ruling, "This is a Dark Day for 'Justice' in Missouri!"

However, an 8th Circuit Court of Appeals panel comprising three Republican-appointed judges delivered Republicans a win on Monday, ruling that "Missouri’s current plan to use the 2022 map in the November 2026 general election violates the Constitution. Only use of the 2025 map complies with the Constitution and federal law."

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The appellate court's ruling is in response to a lawsuit filed against the state earlier this month by Rep. Robert Onder (R), Republican congressional candidate Richard Brattin, and a pair of voters. The lawsuit argued that the use of the 2022 map in the November 2026 general election would transform their congressional districts from the August primary election, thereby violating the Elections Clause and the Equal Protection Clause.

U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark, a Trump appointee, found that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed on their claims and blocked Missouri from using any congressional map other than the 2025 map advanced by HB 1; however, the U.S. Supreme Court paused Clark's order.

To the liberal group's chagrin, the 8th Circuit affirmed the district court on Monday, noting in its majority opinion that "if the 2022 map is used in the November 2026 general election, some Missouri voters will have more say than others on who represents them in Congress."

The court noted, for example, that:

more than half of the Missourians living in the Fifth Congressional District under the 2025 map used in the August 2026 primary election — 57% — will find themselves in other districts if the 2022 map is used in the November 2026 general election. ... As a result, a majority of residents in the Fifth Congressional District had no voice in who will appear on their November 2026 ballot; they will be forced to choose from nominees selected by a minority of residents in the district as well as voters who are no longer in the district.

The court noted further that using the 2025 map would "lead to the least amount of confusion for voters subjected to a string of changes this month."

The 8th Circuit has given the U.S. Supreme Court until Monday at 5 p.m. to weigh in. Absent an intervention from the high court, Secretary Hoskins and local election authorities have been directed to begin implementing the 2025 map.

Richard von Glahn said in a statement obtained by the New York Times, "Officials should stop wasting taxpayers’ money on pointless legal action and instead focus on administering our elections."

Von Glahn noted that he will file an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court.

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