Allegra Kirkland
@allegrak.bsky.social
Politics @ TPM // Previously @ Teen Vogue
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In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4SkkDI
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4SkkDI
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In September, 44% of middle-income Americans reported they were financially “worse off” than a year ago, while 23% said they were “better off,” ~ unchanged from last September, when 48% reported being “worse off” versus 24% who said “better off.” www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
The Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation
Workers are growing tired of an economy in which everything seems to get more expensive.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
In September, 44% of middle-income Americans reported they were financially “worse off” than a year ago, while 23% said they were “better off,” ~ unchanged from last September, when 48% reported being “worse off” versus 24% who said “better off.” www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
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Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained, leaving the children behind.
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Child care workers are building a network of resistance against ICE
Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained, leavi...
19thnews.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained, leaving the children behind.
19thnews.org/2025/11/ice-...
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WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
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DHS claimed that agents were forced to use riot munitions to disperse an "unruly mob" on September 19.
In fact, "the scene [was] quiet," and then "almost immediately and without warning, agents lob flashbang grenades, tear gas, and pepper balls, stating 'fuck yea!' as they do so."
In fact, "the scene [was] quiet," and then "almost immediately and without warning, agents lob flashbang grenades, tear gas, and pepper balls, stating 'fuck yea!' as they do so."
![For example, Defendants directed the Court to two videos of agents outside the Broadview facility the evening of September 19, 2025. Doc. 232 at 1. In those videos, agents stand behind a fence preparing to leave the facility’s gates and disperse what Defendants described as an unruly mob. Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB474J; Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB375H. The scene appears quiet as the gate opens, revealing a line of protesters standing in the street holding signs. Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB474J at 1:30; Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB375H at 1:45. Almost immediately and without warning, agents lob flashbang grenades, tear gas, and pepper balls at the protesters, stating, “fuck yea!”, as they do so, and the crowd scatters. Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB474J at 1:30–6:30; Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB375H at 1:45–3:20. This video disproves Defendants’ contentions that protesters were the ones shooting off fireworks, refusing orders, and acting violently so as to justify the agents’ use of force. [FN 7] See Doc. 172-8 (CBP use of force report for evening of September 19, 2025);
[FN 7]: 7 In one of the videos, someone throws a projectile back at agents, which one individual tells agents another person did to protect the crowd from the agents’ use of force. Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB375H at 4:00–5:00. This is also mentioned in the use of force report, although it is reported that the crowd threw “dangerous objects” at agents “[w]ithout provocation.” Doc. 172-8 at 19, 21. The BWC footage disproves the representation that the crowd threw objects “without provocation,” and the fact that protestors threw objects at agents after they deployed force cannot be used as justification for the use of force that preceded it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreig4qz3vzcukthnaqgcwjwjbhibbdires2m3cwnw4q6mbzsu57fyza@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
DHS claimed that agents were forced to use riot munitions to disperse an "unruly mob" on September 19.
In fact, "the scene [was] quiet," and then "almost immediately and without warning, agents lob flashbang grenades, tear gas, and pepper balls, stating 'fuck yea!' as they do so."
In fact, "the scene [was] quiet," and then "almost immediately and without warning, agents lob flashbang grenades, tear gas, and pepper balls, stating 'fuck yea!' as they do so."
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
Federal prosecutors are moving to abandon cases they had brought against people protesting the surge of CBP and ICE agents into Chicago. It's a "stunning comedown," writes @joshkovensky.bsky.social
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Trump Admin Retreats From ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Cases Against Chicago Protestors
Federal prosecutors are beating a broad retreat from cases they had brought...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Federal prosecutors are moving to abandon cases they had brought against people protesting the surge of CBP and ICE agents into Chicago. It's a "stunning comedown," writes @joshkovensky.bsky.social
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I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
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Far-right influencer with WH access Jack Posobiec urged the administration to charge Rutgers professor Mark Bray over supposed ties to "Antifa."
The WH gave itself new counterterrorism powers last week by designating four Antifa groups as terrorist orgs
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The WH gave itself new counterterrorism powers last week by designating four Antifa groups as terrorist orgs
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Trump Admin Terrorist Designations Show Latest Attempt to Target Domestic Enemies
When Secretary of State Marco Rubio added four European anti-fascist groups to...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Far-right influencer with WH access Jack Posobiec urged the administration to charge Rutgers professor Mark Bray over supposed ties to "Antifa."
The WH gave itself new counterterrorism powers last week by designating four Antifa groups as terrorist orgs
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
The WH gave itself new counterterrorism powers last week by designating four Antifa groups as terrorist orgs
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
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Prosecutors later downgraded that to a misdemeanor. Now, with federal attention moving away from Chicago, they're dropping the case entirely. The feds have a very poor record on these protestors cases
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Feds Drop Case Against Man Accused of Injuring Greg Bovino’s Groin
The man who federal agents accused of dealing Greg Bovino a groin...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Prosecutors later downgraded that to a misdemeanor. Now, with federal attention moving away from Chicago, they're dropping the case entirely. The feds have a very poor record on these protestors cases
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/feds-dr...
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Yet another Chicago protestor prosecution fails.
Dana Briggs, an Air Force veteran, was first charged with felony assault of a federal agent over an incident in which he brushed against an officer while handing away his phone as he was taken into custody.
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Dana Briggs, an Air Force veteran, was first charged with felony assault of a federal agent over an incident in which he brushed against an officer while handing away his phone as he was taken into custody.
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#39 in United States v. Briggs (N.D. Ill., 1:25-cr-00610) – CourtListener.com
MOTION by USA to dismiss as to Dana Briggs (Chapman, Timothy) (Entered: 11/20/2025)
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November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Yet another Chicago protestor prosecution fails.
Dana Briggs, an Air Force veteran, was first charged with felony assault of a federal agent over an incident in which he brushed against an officer while handing away his phone as he was taken into custody.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Dana Briggs, an Air Force veteran, was first charged with felony assault of a federal agent over an incident in which he brushed against an officer while handing away his phone as he was taken into custody.
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Trump is absolutely cratering on economy in new Marquette poll:
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Anger over Prices Goes Nuclear as Fresh Polls Show Him Tanking
As Trump’s inflation rants grow more unhinged amid brutal new polls for him, an economics writer explains why Trump is ill-suited for the crisis that might be coming—and why the bottom might be about ...
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Trump is absolutely cratering on economy in new Marquette poll:
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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Data on race and ethnicity has put us on the cusp of breakthroughs in treating kidney failure, which disproportionately affects Black Americans. But the Trump administration has halted that data collection as part of its war on supposed "DEI." Important new story from @laylaayanna.bsky.social
The Trump Admin’s War on Data Is Compromising Major Health Advancements for Black Americans
Thanks to a 2009 medical breakthrough, researchers could be on the precipice...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Data on race and ethnicity has put us on the cusp of breakthroughs in treating kidney failure, which disproportionately affects Black Americans. But the Trump administration has halted that data collection as part of its war on supposed "DEI." Important new story from @laylaayanna.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I am only 142 paid Patreon members from hitting my end of year goal. I'd like to get there this week.
To entice you, I am offering 20% off your first year on annual memberships all this week. Can you help me hit this important milestone?
patreon.com/katelynburns
To entice you, I am offering 20% off your first year on annual memberships all this week. Can you help me hit this important milestone?
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@moreperfectunion.bsky.social produced this story in partnership with @appalachia100.bsky.social on Mingo County, West Virginia. Such an important watch: "...the communities that are being presented with this, they're not going to take it quietly, and they haven't been."
Are Data Centers the Next Frontier of Extraction in West Virginia?
Mingo County, West Virginia, was once thriving, but the coal industry’s decline left it one of the poorest counties in the US. Now, several data centers could be built in the region. Are data centers ...
www.100daysinappalachia.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social produced this story in partnership with @appalachia100.bsky.social on Mingo County, West Virginia. Such an important watch: "...the communities that are being presented with this, they're not going to take it quietly, and they haven't been."
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Radical jihadist communism actually began in Iowa City. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Radical jihadist communism actually began in Iowa City. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Indiana's Senate voted today to adjourn by a vote of 29 to 19, with 19 Republicans joining the chamber's 10 Democrats to defy the governor's wish that the state re-gerrymander asap.
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Redistricting rift growing among Indiana Republicans • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Tuesday made his most overt political threat to recalcitrant Republican state senators over congressional redistricting by saying he could look for ways to “compel” them to ...
indianacapitalchronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Indiana's Senate voted today to adjourn by a vote of 29 to 19, with 19 Republicans joining the chamber's 10 Democrats to defy the governor's wish that the state re-gerrymander asap.
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In yet another blow to the Trump administration's ongoing redistricting pressure campaign, a federal court on Tuesday blocked the use of Texas’ new map and ordered it to use its previous map for the 2026 election.
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Federal Court Blocks Texas Map: ‘Substantial Evidence Shows That Texas Racially Gerrymandered the 2025 Map’
In yet another blow to the Trump administration’s ongoing redistricting pressure campaign,...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
In yet another blow to the Trump administration's ongoing redistricting pressure campaign, a federal court on Tuesday blocked the use of Texas’ new map and ordered it to use its previous map for the 2026 election.
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Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Marina Lacerda, who encountered Epstein at 14, rebuked Megyn Kelly downplaying Epstein’s abuse because his victims were teens.
“This is a dangerous + incorrect notion,” Lacerda said..."I ask you to look at the young people around you. Remember when you were that age?”
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“This is a dangerous + incorrect notion,” Lacerda said..."I ask you to look at the young people around you. Remember when you were that age?”
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‘This is who you’re fighting for’: Epstein survivors push for justice for their younger selves
The survivors spoke at the Capitol ahead of a House vote that seeks to compel the Justice Department to release files about the convicted sex offender.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Marina Lacerda, who encountered Epstein at 14, rebuked Megyn Kelly downplaying Epstein’s abuse because his victims were teens.
“This is a dangerous + incorrect notion,” Lacerda said..."I ask you to look at the young people around you. Remember when you were that age?”
19thnews.org/2025/11/epst...
“This is a dangerous + incorrect notion,” Lacerda said..."I ask you to look at the young people around you. Remember when you were that age?”
19thnews.org/2025/11/epst...
GOP states are restricting youth voting by
-requiring strict in-person ID for registering + voting, explicitly excluding college-issued IDs
-locating poll sites far from campuses + targeting on-campus locations
-limiting + sanctioning third-party voter reg orgs
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-requiring strict in-person ID for registering + voting, explicitly excluding college-issued IDs
-locating poll sites far from campuses + targeting on-campus locations
-limiting + sanctioning third-party voter reg orgs
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inside-...
Inside the GOP’s Assault on Youth Voting Rights
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
GOP states are restricting youth voting by
-requiring strict in-person ID for registering + voting, explicitly excluding college-issued IDs
-locating poll sites far from campuses + targeting on-campus locations
-limiting + sanctioning third-party voter reg orgs
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inside-...
-requiring strict in-person ID for registering + voting, explicitly excluding college-issued IDs
-locating poll sites far from campuses + targeting on-campus locations
-limiting + sanctioning third-party voter reg orgs
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inside-...
"In a deeply divided country, AI has emerged as an area of agreement. In no community did a majority see its potential future impact as positive on any issue — from daily life to livelihoods to children."
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America in 2025: Survey Finds Steady Concerns Amid Constant National Change – American Communities Project
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November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"In a deeply divided country, AI has emerged as an area of agreement. In no community did a majority see its potential future impact as positive on any issue — from daily life to livelihoods to children."
www.americancommunities.org/america-in-2...
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