Auto workers rally in Donald Trump's support at Michigan campaign stop: ‘Thank you President Trump. We got your back’

1 week, 5 days ago

Trump backs dockworkers in fight over automation

US president-elect says savings from automation are not worth the ‘distress, hurt, and harm’ caused to workers. Trump on Thursday signalled his support for the workers’ stance following a meeting with Harold Daggett, the president of ILA, and Dennis Daggett, the union’s executive vice president. USMX said in a statement after Trump’s remarks that it looked forward to working with …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump delivers vile insult for his greatest nemesis as he extends his FINAL campaign rally in Michigan past 2 AM after holding more than 900

Daily Mail

Donald Trump wrapped up his long stint as the main attraction at a traveling road show late Monday night, holding the final rally of his 2024 campaign and lobbing a final insult at one of his enemies. He said 'nobody lies like this Kamala' and called her a 'very low IQ person,' on a day the Harris campaign made a …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trumpworld insiders and supporters ‘exasperated’ over recent rally remarks: ‘It’s like he doesn’t want to win’

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump Leaves Michigan Rallygoers Waiting In The Cold For Hours To Tape Joe Rogan Podcast

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Many of Donald Trump’s supporters left a Michigan rally before he arrived after the former president kept them waiting for three hours to tape a popular podcast interview. Among those who stuck around at Trump’s rally were John and Cheryl Sowash, who live in Traverse City, and arrived at the airport at 4 …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump denigrates Detroit while rallying in a suburb of Michigan’s largest city

LA Times

People cheer at a rally in in Novi, Mich., where Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump denigrated Michigan’s largest city: “I think Detroit and some of our areas makes us a developing nation.” Donald Trump further denigrated Detroit while appealing for votes Saturday in a suburb of the largest city in swing state Michigan. “I think Detroit and some of our …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump leaves Michigan rallygoers waiting 3 hours in the cold while he tapes Joe Rogan podcast

LA Times

Donald Trump recorded a video from his plane urging his supporters at a Michigan rally to stay for his speech even though he would be hours late. Trump recorded a video from his plane urging his supporters to wait for him, promising: “We’re going to have a good time tonight.” Trump eventually took the stage at the Traverse City airport, …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump mocked for claiming 29,000 supporters flocked to see him work fryer at McDonald’s in latest wild rally boast

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2 months ago

Obama Remembers Trump's Chaos and Violence in Detroit Rally

CNN

Former President Barack Obama recalled the chaos and violence that former President Donald Trump stoked in Detroit in the wake of the 2020 election at his rally for Vice President Kamala Harris. He pointed to a filing from special counsel Jack Smith that detailed a Trump campaign aide telling someone to 'make them riot' when told of the flaring tensions …

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2 months ago

Obama Remembers Trump's 2020 Election Chaos in Detroit, a Battleground State

CNN

Former President Barack Obama recalled the chaos and violence that former President Donald Trump stoked in Detroit in the wake of the 2020 election at his rally for Vice President Kamala Harris. He pointed to a filing from special counsel Jack Smith that detailed a Trump campaign aide telling someone to 'make them riot' when told of the flaring tensions …

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2 months ago

Harris and Trump converge on razor-tight Michigan in pursuit of a winning coalition

CNN

CNN — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump collided Friday in Michigan, both barnstorming the state as they wage a tight battle for its potentially decisive 15 Electoral College votes. It was a blue-collar pitch that Harris also made Friday in Grand Rapids, a Western Michigan city in Kent County, which swung from Trump in 2016 to …

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2 months, 1 week ago

'I challenge you': Autoworker dares Trump to pull 12-hour shift after belittling comments

Raw Story

United Auto Workers member Dawnya Ferdinansen on Wednesday called out former President Donald Trump after he made belittling comments about her profession. In a video posted by the United Auto Workers' Twitter account, Ferdinansen took issue with Trump claiming that American autoworkers who work for foreign car manufacturers don't really build cars but rather "take them out of a box …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Did a congressional candidate’s husband throw himself out of a moving car in her ad?

Raw Story

State Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet’s husband, Joseph Rivet, may serve as a Bay City commissioner by day, but could a late career pivot to performing stunts be in the works? “We felt it was really important to tell my record on the largest tax cut for working families in Michigan’s history, and I do talk about it incessantly,” said McDonald …

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2 months, 1 week ago

In Coachella, Trump returns to a favorite theme: Bashing California

LA Times

With just 23 days left until election day and voters already casting ballots, former President Trump rallied supporters in the California desert while railing against the state’s Democratic leadership, notably his presidential rival, Vice President Kamala Harris. Still, he called Trump’s decision to visit Coachella — in one of the bluest states in the country — “baffling.” Trump addresses the …

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2 months, 1 week ago

'Job-killer-in-chief': Union boss slams Trump ahead of Michigan visit

Raw Story

The head of the largest U.S. autoworkers union on Thursday highlighted the yawning chasm between former President Donald Trump's campaign promises to protect the country's auto industry and the 2024 Republican nominee's White House record—which includes hundreds of thousands of lost manufacturing jobs. Speaking on a call hosted by the campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, United …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Don't come back': Trump triggers outrage for bashing Detroit — at an event in Detroit

Raw Story

Former President Donald Trump took the opportunity, while giving a speech at the Detroit Economic Club, to bash the city of Detroit, and warn that if he loses to Vice President Kamala Harris, all of America could end up looking like Detroit. This derogatory treatment of the second-largest Midwestern city — and one of the largest metropolitan areas in a …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Democrats to highlight Trump’s job loss record as ex-president addresses Detroit Economic Club

The Independent

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump stokes fear of foreign competition at Michigan town hall

Raw Story

After giving remarks in West Michigan earlier in the day, former President Donald Trump made another campaign stop in Warren Friday night for a town hall led by Tennessee Senator and fellow Republican Marsha Blackburn. U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn criticized Democrats’ policies toward the automotive sector at a Sept. 27, 2024 town hall in Warren, Mich. in support of former …

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3 months ago

Trump campaign roiled by 'tumult and knife-fighting' as election clock ticks down

Raw Story

Donald Trump's third presidential campaign, once lauded as a well-oiled machine under the leadership of top advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, is falling apart with 45 days left before voters go to the polls. According to a report from the Washington Post's Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey and Marianne LeVine, the Trump train wheels are coming off as Vice President …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump Threatens To Jail Adversaries If He Wins Second Term

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING MOSINEE, Wis. — With just days to go before his first — and likely only — debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump posted a warning on his social media site threatening to jail those “involved in unscrupulous behavior” this election, which he said would be under intense scrutiny. Republican presidential nominee former President …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris rally-goers erupt as auto union chief hits Trump with profanity-laced jab

Raw Story

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain delivered a fiery speech at a rally for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and slammed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as the crowd erupted into chants of "He's a scab!" Fain, whose union represents more than 1 million auto workers, greeted the raucous crowd in Detroit saying the election revolves around one question: "Which …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

UAW leader says Trump would send the labor movement into reverse if he’s elected again

Associated Press

DETROIT — Putting Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket increases the Democrats’ chance of winning Michigan and keeping the White House in November, the head of the United Auto Workers union says. In an interview Friday with The Associated Press, Shawn Fain said former President Donald Trump is beholden to billionaires, knows nothing about the …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

'What a day it will be': Trump plans 'big and beautiful rally' to honor slain rallygoer

Raw Story

Former President Donald Trump plans to hold a rally in the name of Corey Comperatore, the firefighter fatally shot during the assassination attempt against Trump at his Pennsylvania rally earlier this month. "I WILL BE GOING BACK TO BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, FOR A BIG AND BEAUTIFUL RALLY, HONORING THE SOUL OF OUR BELOVED FIREFIGHTING HERO, COREY, AND THOSE BRAVE PATRIOTS INJURED …

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5 months ago

Donald Trump reveals why he doesn't give his barber a ‘big tip’: ‘That’s like a work of art’

Hindustan Times

Donald Trump, who recently faced an assassination attempt and suffered 2 cm-wide gunshot wound to his ear, halted his speech to mock his own hair during a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Saturday. Donald J. Trump holds his first public campaign rally with his running mate, Vice Presidential nominee U.S. Vance, at the Van Andel Arena on July 20, …

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5 months ago

Trump holds first rally after assassination attempt with his new running mate, Vance, by his side

New Indian Express

GRAND RAPIDS: Donald Trump held his first campaign rally since he survived an assassination attempt Saturday, returning to the battleground state of Michigan alongside his newly named running mate. Trump was joined by Ohio Sen. JD Vance at the pair’s first event together since they became the GOP’s nominees at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “I find it hard …

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5 months ago

If Trump's Grand Rapids rally showed us anything, it's that the calls for unity will never be as loud as those for 'fight, fight, fight'

ABC

If Donald Trump had any trepidation about once again addressing a campaign rally, he showed no outward sign of it. As Trump looked out from his raised platform, he would have been met by a sea of red MAGA caps but also some T-shirts emblazoned with a photo that has quickly become iconic for his supporters: Trump defiantly pumping his …

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5 months ago

Trump holds first rally after assassination attempt with his new running mate, Vance, by his side

Associated Press

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Donald Trump held his first campaign rally since he survived an assassination attempt Saturday, returning to the battleground state of Michigan alongside his newly named running mate. Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrive a campaign rally, Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Mich. Republican …

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5 months, 1 week ago

RNC speakers want to separate the president from the person to show softer side of Trump

NPR

RNC speakers want to separate the president from the person to show softer side of Trump toggle caption Hannah Beier/Bloomberg/Getty Images For updates from the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, head to the NPR Network's live updates page. Before former President Donald Trump's marquee address tonight, the schedule of speakers has sought to show a softer, friendlier side of …

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6 months ago

Teamsters president will speak at the Republican National Convention

Associated Press

CHAPIN, S.C. — The president of the Teamsters Union is set to speak at next month’s Republican National Convention, as Donald Trump angles to chip away at President Joe Biden’s support among the blue-collar workers who are expected to play a major role in the general election, particularly in crucial Midwestern swing states like Wisconsin and Michigan. In a post …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump news: the Meltdown in Michigan says it all about where MAGA is headed.

Slate

At 2 p.m. in the basement of the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, the mood was distrustful, the air was humid with human moistness, and the disagreements over minor procedural issues simply would not end. She got into a legal dispute with Comerica Bank over a defaulted $500,000 line of credit; the bank said in legal filings that trying to understand …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Trump's Alarmist Message On Immigration May Be Resonating Beyond His Base

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The video shared by former President Donald Trump features horror movie music and footage of migrants purportedly entering the U.S. from countries including Cameroon, Afghanistan and China. The president’s reelection campaign recently launched a $30 million ad campaign targeting Latino audiences in key swing states that includes a digital ad in English and Spanish highlighting …

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9 months ago

Donald Trump goes off script in dehumanising rant at half-baked Ohio rally

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11 months ago

‘Honored to have your back, and you have mine': Biden endorsed by United Auto Workers in election

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden picked up an endorsement from the United Auto Workers union Wednesday, an important boost to the Democratic president’s reelection bid as he pushes to sway blue-collar workers his way in critical auto-making swing states such as Michigan and Wisconsin. “He heard the call and he stood up and he showed up,” Fain said of Biden’s …

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11 months ago

Donald Trump's 2024 VP race turns into an open audition in New Hampshire

Hindustan Times

“VP, VP, VP," shouted the crowd as potential contenders for former US President Donald Trump's 2024 running mate pick have been appearing across New Hampshire to extend their support, making the run-up for the Tuesday's Republican presidential primary looks like an audition. Donald Trump calls Tim Scott a ‘great guy’ During one of his rallies, Trump called Scott a “great …

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11 months, 1 week ago

‘Go home to mommy,’ Donald Trump blasts climate protester interrupting him at Iowa rally

Hindustan Times

Former president Donald Trump asked a climate protester to “go home to mommy” after the person accused him during a rally in Iowa of taking millions from oil and gas executives as president. Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump visits a caucus site at Horizon Event Center in Clive, Iowa, U.S. January 15, 2024 “Trump, you’ve taken …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Autoworkers escalate strike, walking out at Ford’s largest factory and threatening Stellantis

LA Times

United Auto Workers Local 862 members strike outside of Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday. The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its walkout against Detroit’s Big Three automakers, shutting down Ford’s largest factory and threatening Jeep maker Stellantis. Fain said in a statement that the union has waited long enough “but Ford hasn’t gotten the message” …

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1 year, 2 months ago

The auto workers’ strike enters its 4th week. The union president urges members to keep up the fight

Associated Press

CHICAGO — The president of the United Auto Workers and other labor leaders headlined a rally Saturday in Chicago to maintain union members’ support for a strike against Detroit automakers that is now in its fourth week. UAW President Shawn Fain, using language that has become familiar over the past month, portrayed the strike a pivotal moment for organized labor …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Trump opposes Biden's e-car push at auto hub Michigan, sounds 2024 poll bugle

India Today

As his Republican rivals sparred onstage in California at their second primary debate, Donald Trump was in battleground Michigan Wednesday night working to win over blue-collar voters by lambasting President Joe Biden and his push for electric cars in the midst of an autoworkers’ strike. “I will not allow, under any circumstances, the American automobile industry to die,” Trump said …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Donald Trump skipped the GOP debate again. This time, his rivals took him on directly

The Hindu

Several of Donald Trump’s rivals stepped up their attacks against him in the second Republican presidential debate, urgently trying to dent the former president’s commanding primary lead during an event that often seemed like an undercard without him. Chris Christie, who has built his campaign around criticizing Trump, said the former president “hides behind the walls of his golf clubs …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Trump In Michigan: Union Negotiations 'Don’t Mean As Much As You Think'

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING DETROIT — Donald Trump claimed he came to Michigan on Wednesday to show solidarity with striking autoworkers. “In other words, your current negotiations don’t mean as much as you think.” Trump falsely claimed that President Biden’s electric vehicle subsidies would require them to get rid of their trucks and lead to the end of the U.S. auto …

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1 year, 2 months ago

The debate’s biggest split screen wasn’t actually about Trump vs. his GOP rivals

Politico

Time and again on Wednesday night, Trump attacked Biden for pushing electric vehicles on the public. Jackson said he did not vote for Trump in 2020, but planned to next year if his choice is between Biden and Trump again: “I think Trump is way more on our side than Biden is.” But Trump’s appeal to union workers does have …

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1 year, 2 months ago

President Biden joins striking autoworkers in Michigan, backs 40% pay raise

India Today

President Joe Biden on Tuesday joined a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan, supporting their call for a 40% pay raise and saying they deserve a "lot more" than they are getting. Biden's appearance, the first visit by a U.S. president to striking workers in modern history, comes a day before Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for president, will …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Trump visits Michigan autoworkers a day after Biden, ramping up 2024 race

Al Jazeera

Back-to-back visits underscore significance of working-class vote in key states during the US presidential election. Former United States President Donald Trump has travelled to Michigan to court striking auto-workers, just one day after President Joe Biden walked the picket line in Detroit to show support for their labour union. The back-to-back visits underscore the significance of so-called Rust Belt battleground …

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1 year, 2 months ago

President Joe Biden Visits Auto Workers Picket Line In Michigan

Huff Post

President Joe Biden joins a picket line with members of the United Auto Workers union at a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan. JIM WATSON/Getty Images DETROIT ― President Joe Biden visited striking United Auto Workers members outside a General Motors parts distribution center in Belleville, Michigan, on Tuesday, making him the first sitting president to join …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Striking Autoworkers Greeting Trump, Biden Visits With Shrugs And Cynicism

Huff Post

United Auto Workers members walk the picket line Sept. 18, blocking a truck from entering a Ford assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan. Biden made history last week when he said he would travel to the nation’s auto capital to “join the picket line” with striking members of the United Auto Workers — days after Trump announced he was planning his …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Biden joins Michigan picket line to show support for striking autoworkers

Al Jazeera

US president’s address to union members comes a day before Trump is also set to visit the state and speak to workers. “Bidenflation and Biden’s insane EV mandate have put the state of Michigan and the critical of working middle-class voters in Michigan in play,” said Jason Miller, a senior Trump adviser, told Reuters. Reporting from southeast Michigan, Al Jazeera’s …

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1 year, 3 months ago

US auto workers expand strike as Biden prepares to join picket line

Al Jazeera

The strike now includes approximately 18,600 workers across 20 states, with presidential candidates wooing their union. The strike is the first in the UAW’s 88-year history — and it is set to make history again as US President Joe Biden prepares to make a visit next week. “It’s time for a win-win agreement that keeps American auto manufacturing thriving with …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Trump says he always had autoworkers’ backs. Union leaders say his first-term record shows otherwise

Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. — When former President Donald Trump visits Detroit on Wednesday, he’ll be looking to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second term for him would be a “disaster” for workers. A Trump campaign radio ad released last week in Detroit and Toledo, Ohio, praised auto workers and said the former president …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Trump to skip second GOP debate and head to Detroit to court autoworkers instead

NPR

Trump to skip second GOP debate and head to Detroit to court autoworkers instead Enlarge this image toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP Jose Luis Magana/AP Former President Donald Trump will skip the debate stage in California on Sept. 27. Enlarge this image toggle caption Paul Sancya/AP Paul Sancya/AP Even as the UAW holds Biden's feet to the fire, the chance …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Trump To Head To Detroit, Eyeing Opportunity In Autoworkers Strike

Huff Post

United Auto Workers members march in Detroit following their decision to go on strike on Friday. He responded to news of Trump’s plans on Tuesday morning with derision, stating: “Every fiber of our union is being poured into fighting the billionaire class and an economy that enriches people like Donald Trump at the expense of workers.” Trump argues that Biden’s …

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Auto workers rally in Donald Trump's support at Michigan campaign stop: ‘Thank you President Trump. We got your back’

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Trump plans to meet with striking autoworkers in Michigan instead of attending second GOP debate

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