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Trump Tower in New York City had to be closed to visitors on Wednesday after a man who is believed to be a member of a climate extremist group vandalized part of the lobby.

Shortly after noon, a young man walked into the public lobby of the building, strode over to the seal of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, and proceeded to tag it with the letters “USA” in green spray paint, video from Freedom News TV showed.

The young man then knelt down beneath his apparent act of vandalism, eyes closed, soaking in the attention from the crowd gathered around with their cell phones in hand. He then pulled out a small banner with the message “Game Over” emblazoned on it and held it up for all to see.

Security agents quickly descended upon the individual, placing him in handcuffs and ordering him to leave. As they escorted him out of the building, the man robotically cried out, “This is your country. This is your country. This is our country.

“This is our planet,” he continued. “You cannot ruin it without comment. They are ruining the planet for profit.”

‘All American political parties are equally complicit in inaction which has brought us to this point. Switching to blue is not the solution.’

While agents were busy detaining the young man, an older man wearing a backpack quickly stepped forward and apparently attempted to protect the spray painter from law enforcement. “Don’t touch him!” the older man repeatedly barked.

The older man then demanded to know the name, badge number, and police department of the officer placing the younger man in handcuffs. The officer eventually appeared to tell the older man he was with NYPD, but his other remarks are unintelligible on the video.

Officers then cleared the area, claiming that it had to be shut down. Some tourists were not pleased.

“I was standing in line to take a picture. It’s ridiculous,” Jeff from Missouri told amNewYork. “There is a lot of division in this country, a lot of whining — it is what it is.”

One person can be heard on the video calling the spray painter a “f**king piece of s**t.”

James Byrne, a U.S. Secret Service spokesperson, confirmed the incident in a statement. “The U.S. Secret Service is aware of an incident involving a person spray-painting graffiti inside the public lobby of Trump Tower in New York City,” Byrne said. “There are no disruptions to protective operations. We thank the NYPD for their immediate response and unwavering partnership.”

Trump is not believed to have been at Trump Tower at the time.

AmNewYork reported that the individual responsible for the vandalism is a member of the extremist group Extinction Rebellion NYC. The outlet also shared a statement from him:

I did this because I am an American. It is my duty to stand up for my country, and my Earth, when a government becomes destructive of our right to life. Donald Trump and the regime of private interests he works for — who donate equally to each party — are destructive of your inalienable right to life. All American political parties are equally complicit in inaction which has brought us to this point. Switching to blue is not the solution. Kamala Harris’ climate platform was fracked gas, much deadlier than regular. Decades of inaction have brought about the current climate catastrophe.

The outlet did not provide the name of the suspect or make any mention of the elderly man who attempted to run interference for him.

The detained individual reportedly claimed that he used removable chalk in the attack on Trump’s seal. The New York Post, citing sources in law enforcement, claimed that he had previously been nabbed for criminal trespass at Columbia University.

AmNewYork further indicated that Extinction Rebellion had engaged in a series of events of dubious legality to mark Earth Day. Among them included acts of vandalism on a Tesla dealership and a disruption of a performance by the New York City Ballet.

Blaze News reached out to a representative of the group, who plans to host a training session “to learn how XR NYC is confronting the breakdown of democracy and the destruction fueled by Big Oil” on Wednesday evening. Our message was not returned.

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A Florida woman was caught impersonating a federal immigration officer in an attempt to kidnap her ex-boyfriend’s wife, according to police.

Police arrested 52-year-old Latrance Battle on charges of robbery by sudden snatching, kidnapping, and impersonating a law enforcement officer.

The alleged victim was ‘in fear’ because she is in the process of becoming a legal United States resident.

According to Law & Crime, the alleged victim told investigators that the incident began while she was at her job at the Days Inn in Panama City, Florida.

On April 10, the alleged victim said she was confronted by a woman who was reportedly wearing a white face mask, sunglasses, a black jacket, pants, a hat, and an ICE shirt.

The affidavit said the woman — later identified as Battle — held a business card that read “Sheriff’s Office.” Battle was holding a walkie-talkie that she used for fake conversations with other agents, according to court documents.

Police believe Battle was impersonating an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in order to kidnap the alleged victim, who was allegedly the wife of Battle’s ex-boyfriend.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement, “Latrance instructed the victim that she had to go with her. Due to being in fear, the victim got in the vehicle and went willingly with Latrance.”

The alleged victim was “in fear” because she is in the process of becoming a legal United States resident.

While driving in a car, Battle “forcefully snatched” the alleged victim’s phone as she was attempting to contact her lawyer and husband, according to court documents.

Battle allegedly told her ex-boyfriend’s wife that she was being taken to a sheriff’s office and that she could have a phone call once they arrived at the sheriff’s office.

Court documents revealed that Battle “kept talking bad about [the victim’s] husband and how [the victim] now has to suffer the consequences of her husband’s actions.”

Battle allegedly drove the pair to the Bridge Plaza apartment complex in Panama City Beach, Florida.

According to the affidavit, Battle allegedly “instructed [the victim] to get out of the car and go to room 108.”

While Battle was reportedly distracted, the alleged victim took the opportunity to flee her captor and pleaded for help from a man nearby.

The man purportedly allowed the alleged victim to stay inside his apartment until police arrived at the crime scene.

While she waited for law enforcement, the alleged victim called her husband, and he noted that the would-be ICE agent “sounded like his ex-girlfriend.”

Deputies with the Bay County Sheriff’s Office found the alleged victim “shaking” with apparent fear in the apartment, according to a probable cause arrest.

Law enforcement said Battle was attempting to flee to Alabama, but officers apprehended her before she crossed state lines. Police bodycam video shows Battle initially not cooperating with deputies as she refused to open her car door when instructed by officers.

The husband had an injunction against Battle “for issues they have had in the past,” according to the affidavit. In one incident roughly two years ago, Battle “showed up to his place of business and attacked him.”

An ICE spokesperson told Newsweek, “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents are highly trained and dedicated professionals who are sworn to uphold the law, protect the American people, and support U.S. national security interests.”

“ICE strongly condemns the impersonation of its officers or agents,” the spokesperson added. “This action is not only dangerous, but illegal. Imposters can be arrested for and charged with a criminal offense both at the state and federal level (under 18 USC 912).”

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A left-wing podcaster exploded in anger against Democrat Rahm Emanuel for daring to admit that bathroom access to transgender people was not a major issue that should be a focus for Democrats.

Emanuel, who was chief of staff in the Obama administration, was being interviewed on the “I’ve Had It” podcast by host Jennifer Welch when he offered a familiar criticism of the Democratic Party.

‘We gotta f**king fight! They’re the gender-obsessed weirdos, not us. We’re the ones who fight for Social Security.’

Emanuel opined that Democrats lost the election by focusing on the “bathroom issue” rather than on “kitchen table” and “family room” issues. Welch immediately blew up at him in defense of the transgender agenda.

“That is such bulls**t! That is total bulls**t! That is buying in to the right-wing media narrative, and I’m so sick of Democrats like you selling out and saying this. You know who talks about trans people more than anybody? MAGA!” Welch shouted.

“MAGA is the most genital-obsessed political party I have ever seen. Kamala Harris talked about home ownership. She talked about kitchen table issues. Trump’s over there droning on about Hannibal Lecter. Are you kidding me?” she continued.

“This is where the Democrats lose, because we’re playing the game with the rulebook — they’ve ripped the rulebook up and are cramming it down everybody’s throat. And Democrats are upset because [former President] Joe Biden pardoned his son?” she yelled. “We gotta f**king fight! They’re the gender-obsessed weirdos, not us. We’re the ones who fight for Social Security. We fight for Medicare. And yeah, we’re not going to bully trans people. We’re not going to f**king do it. If you want to do it, fine.”

She went on to accuse Emanuel of allowing “some MAGA moron” to define the issues that progressives will fight.

Video of the hysterics was widely circulated on social media.

Emanuel is also considering a presidential campaign after the devastating failure of the Democrats in the 2024 elections. Welch is an interior designer who lives in Oklahoma and introduced her husband as America’s “head metrosexual in charge.”

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U.S. district court judges have done their apparent best to hamstring the second Trump administration just as they had the first.

Between Jan. 20 and March 27, the Congressional Research Service indicated there were at least 17 cases of nationwide injunctions — 11 more than were issued during the entire presidency of George W. Bush and two shy of the total issued during Barack Obama’s tenure. At this rate, the courts are on course to beat their previous record of 64 nationwide injunctions under the first Trump administration.

There has been no indication in recent weeks that the judiciary will exercise some self-restraint — certainly not from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where a Reagan judge decided on Tuesday to reverse the Trump administration’s shuttering of Voice of America and termination of over 1,000 potentially antagonistic journalists and employees at the U.S. Agency for Global Media.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth concluded that the administration’s stated effort to “ensure that taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda” were “arbitrary and capricious.”

‘It has essentially become a hubris-filled rogue operation.’

“Not only is there an absence of ‘reasoned analysis’ from the defendants,” wrote Lamberth, “there is an absence of any analysis whatsoever.”

The judge overseeing Widakuswara v. Lake added, “The defendants are likely in direct violation of numerous federal laws,” including the VOA’s congressionally established charter in the International Broadcasting Act.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 14 aimed at reducing various “unnecessary” elements of the federal bureaucracy “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” Among the entities targeted was the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which supervises Voice of America, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, and a handful of other state-funded outfits including Radio Free Europe.

In a corresponding publication, the White House quoted Dan Robinson, a 34-year veteran of VOA, who stated last year:

I have monitored the agency’s bureaucracy along with many of its reporters and concluded that it has essentially become a hubris-filled rogue operation often reflecting a leftist bias aligned with partisan national media. It has sought to avoid accountability for violations of journalistic standards and mismanagement.

The White House also shared links to articles criticizing the state media outfit; a 2022 lawsuit claiming VOA has “been infiltrated by anti-American, pro-Islamic state interests”; and perceived evidence of VOA’s bias, including an article downplaying the validity of the Hunter Biden laptop story.

‘The defendants had no method or approach towards shutting down USAGM.’

Pursuant to the president’s executive order, approximately over 1,000 VOA journalists and other employees were placed on administrative leave, and funding was suspended to VOA’s sister networks, including Radio Free Asia.

Kari Lake, senior adviser for the USAGM, noted days later that VOA was “unsalvageable.”

“Let’s reduce this to the bare minimum and start fresh,” tweeted Lake.

Lamberth was evidently of a different mind.

“The defendants had no method or approach towards shutting down USAGM that this Court can discern,” he wrote in his Tuesday ruling. “They took immediate and drastic action to slash USAGM, without considering its statutorily or constitutionally required functions as required by the plain language of the EO, and without regard to the harm inflicted on employees, contractors, journalists, and media consumers around the world.”

‘It’s for our own national security.’

“It is hard to fathom a more straightforward display of arbitrary and capricious actions than the Defendants’ actions here,” added the judge.

Lamberth ordered the administration to “take all necessary steps to return USAGM employees and contractors to their status” prior to Trump’s March 14 EO; to restore VOA programming; and to restore fiscal year 2025 grants to Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks. He also demanded that the administration provide him with monthly status reports “apprising the Court of the status of the defendants’ compliance with this Order.”

Lamberth’s ruling contained echoes from Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken of the Southern District of New York, who issued a temporary restraining order barring the USAGM from canning staff last month.

The Obama judge blasted the Trump administration for “taking a sledgehammer to an agency that has been statutorily authorized and funded by Congress.”

Patsy Widakuswara, VOA’s White House bureau chief and one of the plaintiffs in the suit, said of Lamberth’s Tuesday order, “My colleagues and I are grateful for this ruling. But we know that this is just a small step forward, as the government is likely to appeal.”

“This is not just about our jobs and journalistic freedom — it’s for our own national security,” continued Widakuswara. “Because every day that VOA is not broadcasting, is a day we cede the global information space and allow adversaries to fill it with disinformation and anti-American propaganda.”

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A Southern California school board voted to keep girls’ sports for females only despite claims from attendees that such a move would be discriminatory.

The Redlands Unified school board voted 3-2 in favor of a new resolution, although it is unclear how close it would align with President Trump’s executive order to keep men out of women’s sports and locker rooms.

The San Bernardino County district saw Board President Michelle Rendler and board members Candy Olson and Jeanette Wilson vote in support of the new resolution on “fairness in girls’ sports,” while trustees Melissa Ayala-Quintero and Patty Holohan voted against it.

According to Redlands Daily Facts, Olson provided the only comment from a board member, saying, “I am just so grateful that this insanity had not entered into society when I was growing up.”

Olson added that she would do everything in her power to push for fairness and privacy in girls’ spaces.

With over 200 in attendance, the board took comments from almost 100 speakers over the span of about three hours, leading late into the evening.

One father declared the exact opposite of biological reality when he said, “Let’s start with some facts: Sex is not binary.”

A mother said the resolution targets transgender students and would lead to “witch hunts,” and she specifically cited the boxers who were accused of being males in female categories at the 2024 Olympics. However, at least one of the boxers has been confirmed by three different sources to be a man.

Other crowd members reportedly held orange papers in the air to represent the idea of denouncing hate speech.

‘Redlands should not and cannot stand for this form of discrimination.’

Trisha Keeling, leader of the local activist group Together for Redlands, said the meeting and the proposal was evidence of the “continued waste” of the “district’s resources and time.” As there are currently no transgender athletes in Redlands, the activist said the resolution was creating a problem where one did not exist.

Still, Keeling said, “Redlands should not and cannot stand for this form of discrimination.”

Other potential policies were on the docket for teachers in the county as well, including the barring of all but American flags, as well as an effort to streamline the removal of obscene books.

Redlands Teachers Association President Stephen Caperton said he was “disheartened” to see these policies brought up since they were still in negotiation with the district, although they were not voted on. Caperton said the policies do not affect education and the board should not be looking to take away resources from students.

Redlands Unified is not the first school board in the region to have adopted a resolution to protect girls’ sports. Other boards such as Temecula and Chino Valley reportedly held similar votes in March and April.

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The editor of Christianity Today apologized for a controversial article during Holy Week that undermined the biblical account of the crucifixion.

The article theorized that Romans soldiers might have affixed Jesus Christ to the cross not with nails but with rope. The suggestion was vehemently opposed by Christians online who pointed out that the theory would go against biblical inerrancy.

‘In my eagerness to explore the historical context of Christ’s death, I missed that, and I’m sorry.’

The article was based on a paper by Bible scholar Jeffrey P. Arroyo García published in an academic journal. The theory depends on the account in the Gospel of John being written in the late first century, and more importantly, being falsified.

After outrage from many corners of Christendom, news editor Daniel Silliman apologized and explained what led to the article.

“Like so many Christians, I spent a lot of time before Easter thinking about the Crucifixion: how it must have felt for Jesus to die that way, how God chose this particular device of Roman terror to accomplish our salvation, and how it worked practically to kill someone on a cross,” wrote Silliman.

He went on to admit that he missed the importance of the account from the Gospel of John.

“My article implicitly called into question the inerrancy of Scripture. In my eagerness to explore the historical context of Christ’s death, I missed that, and I’m sorry,” Silliman concluded.

The article was also updated with a correction that linked to the apology.

“This article has been revised to clarify that Scripture, including the Gospel of John, indicates that Jesus was crucified with nails and that Christianity Today, along with Christian scholars and theologians throughout church history, affirms that account,” the correction stated.

Some praised Silliman for admitting the error and publishing an apology.

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The Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that it plans to work with the food industry to remove eight artificial dyes from America’s food supply.

A press release from the department unveiled a plan to “phase out” all petroleum-based synthetic dyes by the end of 2026.

‘We are exploring every tool in the toolbox to make sure this gets done very quickly.’

HHS called the move “a significant milestone” for the Trump administration in its goal to “Make America Healthy Again.”

The department press release listed six actions the Food and Drug Administration is taking to remove the artificial dyes, starting by creating a timeline for the food industry to switch from “petrochemical-based dyes to natural alternatives.”

It noted that Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B would be banned within the coming months. Another six synthetic dyes — FD&C Green No. 3, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow No. 5, FD&C Yellow No. 6, FD&C Blue No. 1, and FD&C Blue No. 2 — will also be phased out by the end of next year.

The FDA plans to authorize four natural alternatives and “accelerat[e] the review and approval of others,” including calcium phosphate, Galdieria extract blue, gardenia blue, and butterfly pea flower extract.

HHS and the National Institutes of Health will partner to research the impact of food additives on children.

“In partnership with the NIH Nutrition Regulatory Science and Research Program, the FDA will enhance nutrition and food-related research to better inform regulatory decisions,” HHS stated.

The department stated that it will also request food companies to eliminate FD&C Red No. 3 sooner than its previously imposed 2027-2028 deadline.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is leading the charge for the Trump administration to address the nation’s chronic disease epidemic, stated, “For too long, some food producers have been feeding Americans petroleum-based chemicals without their knowledge or consent.”

“These poisonous compounds offer no nutritional benefit and pose real, measurable dangers to our children’s health and development,” he continued. “That era is coming to an end. We’re restoring gold-standard science, applying common sense, and beginning to earn back the public’s trust. And we’re doing it by working with industry to get these toxic dyes out of the foods our families eat every day.”

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary also commented on the HHS’ announcement.

“Today, the FDA is asking food companies to substitute petrochemical dyes with natural ingredients for American children as they already do in Europe and Canada,” Makary said. “We have a new epidemic of childhood diabetes, obesity, depression, and ADHD. Given the growing concerns of doctors and parents about the potential role of petroleum-based food dyes, we should not be taking risks and do everything possible to safeguard the health of our children.”

Makary suggested that companies using petroleum-based red dyes try switching to watermelon juice, and those combining artificial red dyes with yellow to make orange should test carrot juice.

Kennedy stated that HHS has no formal agreement with companies to eliminate the dyes but noted an “understanding” with big names in the food industry.

Makary explained that the FDA and HHS would “start in a friendly way and see if we can do this without any statutory or regulatory changes.”

“But we are exploring every tool in the toolbox to make sure this gets done very quickly,” he added.

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Earth Day is one of the climate alarmists’ favorite days to shove their propaganda down Americans’ throats — but this year, the Washington Post was one of the few media outlets to put a positive spin on Earth’s impending doom.

“This Earth Day, there are some reasons to be hopeful about the climate,” reads the cheery headline.

“It’s not all doom: Innovators are reimagining how we power our lives, nature is pulling off surprising comebacks, cities are cleaning their air, and nations are opening their wallets,” the article explains.

“Obviously, spending money is the main way you can help the climate. It always is. If you ever want to help a climate organization, giving them cash is always the best thing you can do,” Stu Burguiere of “Stu Does America” comments.

However, there is some bad news.

“Donald Trump, right? Because you have the good news of the climate there, but you can’t just take it like that. You got to understand that Donald Trump is doing everything he can to ruin the environment for you,” Stu explains, before pulling up another article from the Guardian.

“Tariffs will raise prices, but the climate crisis is the real inflation risk,” this headline reads.

The article goes on to claim that the “Trump administration has recently declared a war on climate change research inside the federal government and the wider U.S. research community, as well as doubling down on carbon-based business models.”

“But wishing the problem away won’t make it disappear. The real drivers of future inflation are not just tariffs, but the climate crisis and states backing off their decarbonization efforts,” the article goes on.

“The state is so effective at everything that it does,” Stu mocks. “If they honestly try to decarbon or to add more carbon to the atmosphere, they probably would fail spectacularly and actually wind up getting rid of a bunch of it. So maybe they should just try reversing their goals.”

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The U.K. is expected to give approval for solar geoengineering experiments to block sunlight in an effort to curb climate change despite uncertainty and alarming risks, according to multiple reports.

The Telegraph reported that geoengineering experiments conducted outside aimed at combating climate change are set to be carried out by the Advanced Research and Invention Agency and will be announced in the coming weeks.

The experiments are said to be one of the most expensive solar geoengineering projects in history.

In February 2021, the U.K. government announced the creation of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, a self-described “independent research body to fund high-risk, high-reward scientific research.” The agency will be led by “prominent, world-leading scientists who will be given the freedom to identify and fund transformational science and technology.”

The U.K. government said ARIA will “help to cement the U.K.’s position as a global science superpower, while shaping the country’s efforts to build back better through innovation.”

The U.K. government promised roughly $1 billion in funding for the “most inspiring inventors to turn their transformational ideas into new technologies, discoveries, products, and services — helping to maintain the U.K.’s position as a global science superpower.”

British tech news site UKTN previously reported, “It takes its inspiration from DARPA, the U.S. government research and development agency that has played a pivotal role in developing technologies such as GPS, drones, and weather satellites.”

ARIA officially launched in January 2023.

The experiments will include solar geoengineering, where particles are injected into the air to deflect some of the sun’s radiation back into space with the goal of reducing Earth’s surface temperature.

Professor Mark Symes, the program director for ARIA, said the looming threat of climate change was a strong reason to research the controversial solar geoengineering.

“One of the missing pieces in this debate was physical data from the real world,” Symes told the Telegraph. “Models can only tell us so much.“

Symes guaranteed, “Everything we do is going to be safe by design.”

“We have strong requirements around the length of time experiments can run for and their reversibility, and we won’t be funding the release of any toxic substances to the environment,” Symes stressed.

The research would include “small controlled outdoor experiments on particular approaches.”

Symes noted that the agency would be making it clear when any outdoor experiments might be taking place.

‘The risks are so immense.’

The Guardian reported that possible experiments could include blocking sunlight reaching the Earth’s surface by “launching clouds of reflective particles into the atmosphere or using seawater sprays to make clouds brighter.”

The New York Times reported in September 2024 that the experiments could include “injecting aerosols, such as sulfur dioxide, into the stratosphere or shooting sea-salt aerosols into low-lying marine clouds to reflect more sunlight away from the Earth.”

Dr. Sebastian Eastham, a senior lecturer in sustainable aviation at Imperial College London, told the Telegraph, “Every time you fly, sulphur, which is naturally present in jet fuel, is emitted into the lowermost stratosphere, causing a small cooling effect.”

“Similarly, aircraft contrails cause accidental cirrus cloud modification, but in this case accidentally causing, rather than preventing or thinning, cirrus clouds,” Eastham explained. “This points to the fact that it’s theoretically possible [to cool the planet] with current-day technology, but there are many practical questions that would need to be answered before they could be done at scale.”

The experiments are said to be one of the most expensive solar geoengineering projects in history.

According to the New York Times, ARIA will be awarded approximately $75 million for researchers to “examine ideas for artificially cooling the planet — including outdoor experiments to determine whether any of those ideas could actually work.”

As Blaze News reported in November 2024, billionaire Bill Gates is also delving into solar geoengineering in an attempt to block the sun.

However, solar geoengineering projects to alter the climate have been heavily scrutinized because of possible negative side effects and unintended consequences that could arise from real-world experiments.

A study released in December 2024 found that solar geoengineering experiments could cause more pollution and damage the ozone layer, which would cause an increase in mortality from skin cancers.

Columbia University’s Climate School noted in April 2024, “Studies show that stratospheric aerosol injection could weaken the stratospheric ozone layer, alter precipitation patterns, and affect agriculture, ecosystem services, marine life, and air quality. Moreover, the impacts and risks would vary by how and where it is deployed, the climate, ecosystems, and the population.”

In February 2023, the United Nations Environment Program released a report regarding the potential risks and impacts of solar radiation modification, including nefarious motives by a rogue state.

UNEP’s Chief Scientist Andrea Hinwood stated, “A range of concerns about SRM were raised in the report and included the scenario that if SRM were to be unilaterally deployed by a rogue state or non-state actor, like a private company, it could introduce a series of new complex geo-political or security threats.”

Lili Fuhr, from the Center for International Environmental Law, told CNN in 2023, “Just because we’re desperate doesn’t suddenly make solar geoengineering a good idea, because the risks are so immense.”

Last month, the Florida Senate passed a bill prohibiting geoengineering and weather modification activities.

Blaze Media recently conducted a deep dive into cloud seeding and weather manipulation, which you can read here.

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Three federal prosecutors with the Southern District of New York resigned in protest on Tuesday. Celia Cohen, Andrew Rohrbach, and Derek Wikstrom quit after accusing the Trump administration’s Department of Justice of pressuring them to admit “wrongdoing” in the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D), who pleaded not guilty.

The three prosecutors had been placed on administrative leave after Trump’s DOJ requested the case’s dismissal.

‘Any suggestion to the contrary by anybody, especially former federal prosecutors, is wrong and disingenuous.’

According to an email obtained by the New York Times, the prosecutors claimed that DOJ Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that to be reinstated, they “must express regret and admit some wrongdoing by the office in connection with the refusal to move to dismiss the case.”

They wrote, “We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none.”

The prosecutors claimed that the DOJ under the Trump administration “has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington.”

“There is no greater privilege than to work for an institution whose mandate is to do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons,” the prosecutors continued. “We will not abandon this principle to keep our jobs.”

“We resign,” they declared.

Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the SDNY, took over the same day the prosecutors resigned.

Since Trump’s DOJ pushed for the dismissal of the case against Adams in February, five SDNY prosecutors have resigned, including the lead prosecutor assigned to the case.

U.S. District Judge Dale Ho dropped the case with prejudice on April 2.

“To be clear, the Court again emphasizes that it does not express any opinion as to the merits of the case or whether the prosecution of Mayor Adams ‘should’ move forward,” he wrote.

“The Court notes only that it has no authority to require that it continue,” Ho continued. “Ultimately, because the decision to discontinue a prosecution belongs primarily to a political branch of government, it is the public’s judgment, and not this Court’s, that truly matters.”

However, he claimed the DOJ’s request to dismiss the case “smacks of a bargain” between Adams and the Trump administration. Both parties have denied the allegations.

Blanche stated that there “was nothing ‘illegal’ or ‘unethical'” about the DOJ’s decision to drop the “flawed” case.

“Any suggestion to the contrary by anybody, especially former federal prosecutors, is wrong and disingenuous,” he contended.

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The Trump administration has wasted no time completely revamping the COVID-19 narrative — and has now made it official on the White House website.

The website now has a COVID-19 section, which goes into great detail explaining “misinformation” related to the virus.

“Public health officials often mislead the American people through conflicting messaging, knee-jerk reactions, and a lack of transparency. Most egregiously, the federal government demonized alternative treatments and disfavored narratives, such as the lab leak theory, in a shameful effort to coerce and control the American people’s health decisions,” the website reads.

“When those efforts failed, the Biden Administration resorted to ‘outright censorship—coercing and colluding with the world’s largest social media companies to censor all COVID-19-related dissent,’” it continues.

The website also highlights that Anthony Fauci was given a full and unconditional pardon by former President Biden.

“It is so refreshing to see this White House,” Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” comments.

“I’m glad we all trusted the plan,” BlazeTV contributor John Doyle chimes in. “We were so angry when everyone started to realize what a sham this was, we were angry with Trump for promoting it, but I will say, I think that we get a little hindsight bias and forget how freaked out even Republicans, like older Republicans, were about COVID.”

“I would just say, their entire argument was ‘trust the experts.’ So if that’s their argument, then again, it’s Anthony Fauci’s fault, because Donald Trump was trusting the expert that they placed in front of him and said, ‘This is the guy,’” Gonzales says.

“So Donald Trump wasn’t in there in a lab with little droppers trying to figure things out; he was trusting the people that he was supposed to be able to trust,” she adds.

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President Donald Trump said it seemed like good policy to hand out money to new mothers as an incentive to increase U.S. birth rates.

Trump endorsed the idea at the White House on Tuesday when he told the New York Post he liked the idea of a cash incentive to get more Americans to have children.

“Sounds like a good idea to me,” the president reportedly said.

The sum of $5,000 would be given to new mothers, with 30% of Fulbright educational grants given to applicants who are married or have children.

Another proposed program, according to the Post, would involve education surrounding menstrual cycles and ovulation so women can better determine the best time for them to conceive.

Pundits have often pointed to Hungary’s reward system as a way to increase birthrates; the European country touts tax deductions and credits for each child a family has.

According to a government website, a family’s first child allows for a credit equivalent to around $185 USD, while a second child earns a credit of around $370, and a third child credit is worth $610. Tax deductions are also provided per child.

At the same time, mothers with four children or more are exempt from income tax.

‘A $5,000 baby bonus is wasteful and won’t make a dent, especially among middle to upper class families.’

However, Hungary’s birth rates have not seen a huge resurgence despite the country expanding its offers for new families. Hungary offered no-interest loans of around $33,000 to its citizens, which would be forgiven if the family has three children.

As of 2022, Hungary’s live births per 1,000 people was just 9.3, according to Macrotrends, falling short of the United States’ rate of 11 per 1,000.

U.S. birth rates first dropped drastically in the 1970s before increasing until 1990, when the rate was 16.7 per 1,000 people.

Commentator Maggie Anders, who has spoken extensively on the topic, reacted to the story about $5,000 for new mothers and cited statistics that showed the national average cost of raising a child annually is $23,000. This totaled $414,000 from birth to 18 years old, rendering $5,000 negligible in that journey, she claimed.

“A $5,000 baby bonus is wasteful and won’t make a dent, especially among middle to upper class families,” she wrote on X. “Obviously, the cost of raising a child depends on a number of factors, but it does not negate the point that housing, daycare, food costs are all very expensive. $5,000 doesn’t begin to cover it,” the commentator continued. “A ‘that’d be nice’ isn’t good policy. It’s wealth redistribution with unclear goals.”

Comedian Mark Normand also reacted to the news story on X, and in a since-deleted remark commented, “Elon Musk just became a trillionaire!”

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One of the all-time greatest NBA coaches spoke out against the NBA for scheduling games on both Christmas and Easter, calling them sacred days.

On Christmas Day 2024, the NBA had five games scheduled, while Good Friday and Easter Monday each featured two games.

This apparently did not sit well with former coach Phil Jackson, the man who coached Michael Jordan to six championships with the Chicago Bulls.

“Again the NBA tests faith by playing multiple games on Christmas and Easter…sacred days,” Jackson wrote on X.

Shockingly, this was just the second time that Jackson had used his social media page in almost seven years, and it was to complain about the NBA’s schedule.

Jackson has spoken vaguely about his faith on his timeline in the past, but way back in 2013 and only in reference to movies.

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It should be noted, however, that the NBA playing games on Christmas is not at all new, as the league began playing games on Christmas Day in 1947, its second season. At the same time, the NBA has reportedly had a five-game schedule for Christmas since 2008. All of this came within Jackson’s tenure too; he retired in 2016.

Still, the man of faith clearly has his principles. He is one of the few coaches to take a non-woke approach to the NBA’s campaigns and even spoke out in 2023 to say he had not watched the league in years.

“They had things on their back like, ‘Justice.’ They made a funny thing like, ‘Justice just went to the basket and Equal Opportunity just knocked him down.’ … So my grandkids thought that was pretty funny to play up those names. So I couldn’t watch that,” Jackson said at the time.

The legendary bench boss did not approve of the political slogans written on NBA courts, either, and said the move was “trying to cater to an audience or trying to bring a certain audience into play.”

Explaining that people want to see sports as “non-political,” Jackson mocked the league for its COVID-19 bubble in Orlando, Florida.

“They did something that was kind of wanky; they did a bubble down in Orlando and all the teams that could qualify went down there and stayed down there.”

With 11 total championships, Jackson will forever be known as one of the best coaches to walk on a court, with the ability to harness even the biggest personalities. He handled Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pippen, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, and of course Michael Jordan.

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Rainn Wilson of “The Office” shut down an MSNBC host decrying attacks on the mainstream media from the Trump administration and pushed back with the most damaging recent example of media bias.

Wilson was speaking with Stephanie Ruhle on his “Soul Boom” podcast when she went into a rant about criticism from President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk.

‘Look, the economy is great, la la la, immigration’s not that much of a problem.’

Wilson pointed out to Ruhle that 40% of Americans polled said that they don’t trust media and asked her to explain why they feel this way.

“Listen, we are seeing a huge loss of trust in all of our institutions,” she replied.

“Losing that trust is not an accident. It’s by design,” Ruhle continued. “You had a bit of a perfect storm, right? President Trump won, and tons of people were shocked or angry or frustrated, and they’re tuning out. And at the same time, you have the Elon Musk media machine, because they want you to leave traditional media, and they want you to go to X, which is a bastion of misinformation. There is no fact-checking.”

“Right,” Wilson said.

“So it’s a perfect storm of people saying, ‘I’m angry. I’m frustrated. I’m tuning out, disconnecting,’ and then you have a force pushing it,” she continued. “But even in the last two weeks, what we need to do is just cover what is happening in America.”

Wilson responded by explaining that a lot of trust had been lost over the media’s bias during the Biden administration.

“This is where I would push back, when I see this kind of insight and passion being directed at the current administration and the lack of this kind of insight and passion being directed at the previous administration,” he said.

“Here again, I’m not talking about you. I’m talking about left-leaning news media organizations were kind of like, ‘La la la la, everything’s fine,'” Wilson said, mocking the media. “‘Look, the economy is great, la la la, immigration’s not that much of a problem,’ and really being Cleopatra, ‘queen of denial.’ Thank you. Boom!”

Wilson’s criticism mirrored the attitudes of Americans in polling that showed the immigration crisis and the state of the economy were top worries going into the contentious 2024 election.

Video of the interaction was posted to social media, where it was widely circulated.

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Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, who serves as the Democratic whip, announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in 2026.

The 80-year-old senator was first elected to the Senate in 1996 after serving in the House since 1982. After 44 years in Congress, Durbin announced on his social media that it was “time to pass the torch.”

‘Even Chuck Schumer’s sidekick is joining the long list of retiring Senate Democrats who don’t want to be affiliated with MS-13 sympathizers and apologists or so-called men who invade women’s spaces.’

“The decision of whether to run for re-election has not been easy,” Durbin said. “I truly love the job of being a United States Senator. But in my heart, I know it’s time to pass the torch. So, I am announcing today that I will not be seeking re-election at the end of my term.”

“I have given more than half of my life to House and Senate congressional service, and I’ve always tried to stand up to power on behalf of the people of Illinois and our country,” Durbin added. “I am proud of what I have achieved and hope my record will speak for itself.”

Durbin’s imminent departure was welcomed by Republicans, who have long opposed his political track record. Nick Puglia, the regional press secretary for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, points out that Durbin is just the latest Democrat to retire as the party becomes increasingly radical.

“Even Chuck Schumer’s sidekick is joining the long list of retiring Senate Democrats who don’t want to be affiliated with MS-13 sympathizers and apologists or so-called men who invade women’s spaces,” Puglia told Blaze News.

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Elon Musk announced Tuesday that he plans to “significantly” reduce the amount of time he is spending on his role with the federal government.

Musk has dedicated the last three months to coordinating with President Donald Trump’s administration to find and eliminate government waste alongside the Department of Government Efficiency.

‘I think a great wrong is being done to the people of Tesla and to our customers.’

During a Tesla earnings call, Musk stated, “Starting next month, I will be allocating far more of my time to Tesla.”

He explained that “the major work of establishing” the DOGE had already been completed.

Musk noted that beginning in May, he plans to spend only one to two days per week assisting the Trump administration. He said he will continue to do so “as long as it is useful.”

Rumors started swirling earlier this month that Musk would soon take a step back. On April 1, Trump indicated that he aimed to have Musk assist the administration for “as long as possible” but noted that at some point, he would have to shift his focus back to his companies.

“We’re in no rush, but there will be a point in time in which Elon’s going to have to leave,” the president said. “There will be a point at which the secretaries will be able to do this work.”

Musk’s involvement with the administration was never intended to be a permanent role. As a “special government employee,” he is limited to working 130 days per year.

“I think we will have accomplished most of the work required to reduce the deficit by a trillion dollars within that time frame,” Musk previously stated.

According to Trump’s executive order establishing DOGE, the department will run through July 4, 2026.

The DOGE has reportedly already saved American taxpayers $160 billion.

Business Insider reported that Tesla’s stock has been down 44% this year but increased 5% after the earnings call. Tesla’s first-quarter sales were well under the company’s expectations.

Since Musk began working with the Trump administration, Tesla has become the target of vandalism attacks from left-wing radicals.

In March, Musk told Fox News, “I think a great wrong is being done to the people of Tesla and to our customers.”

“Tesla’s a peaceful company that has made great cars, great products,” he continued. “And yet people are committing violence. People are firebombing Tesla dealerships. They’re shooting guns into stores.”

Musk stated that the vandals are “being fed propaganda by the far left.”

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Klaus Schwab announced on April 1 that he was stepping down as chairman of the World Economic Forum.

While the technocratic globalist organization indicated that its founder would complete his departure by January 2027, Schwab revealed Monday that he was stepping down immediately — and did so without providing a reason.

The Wall Street Journal revealed on Tuesday why Schwab left his post 20 months early.

Despite his protest, Schwab’s organization initiated an independent investigation Sunday into allegations that he engaged in financial and ethical misconduct.

The WEF’s board of trustees received an anonymous whistleblower letter last week detailing alleged “systemic governance failures and abuses of power that have taken place over many years under the unchecked authority of Klaus Schwab.”

According to the letter, which was attributed to unnamed current and former WEF employees, Schwab used forum funds to pay for private, in-room massages at hotels; asked junior employees to take thousands of dollars from ATMs out on his behalf; and allowed sexual harassment and other abuses to go unchecked in the workplace.

If the third of these complaints sounds familiar, that’s because it has been lodged against the forum multiple times before.

The Journal indicated in a damning June 2024 report that “under Schwab’s decades-long oversight, the forum has allowed to fester an atmosphere hostile to women and black people in its own workplace.”

The report — deemed “inaccurate” by the forum but based on internal complaints, email exchanges, and interviews with current and past WEF employees — contained allegations that: pregnant workers and returning mothers were mistreated; senior managers sexually harassed female underlings; black employees faced racist commentary and were passed over for promotions; and Schwab “made suggestive comments to [former staffers] that made them uncomfortable.”

‘He never had a chance to give his side of the story.’

One employee even filed a lawsuit in New York last year claiming the WEF was “hostile to women and black employees,” and the WEF settled on undisclosed terms.

The letter sent to the board of trustees last week reportedly also had much to say about the globalist’s wife, Hilde Schwab.

Hilde Schwab, a former WEF employee, scheduled “token” WEF-funded meetings abroad so that she could go on luxurious forum-funded trips, said the letter. She also allegedly bogarted a forum-owned 1958 modernist luxury property next to the WEF’s Geneva headquarters, which the organization spent $30 million to buy and $20 million to renovate.

A spokesman for the couple claimed that the Schwabs live nearby and have used the modernist mansion only for forum events. As for the other allegations, the spokesman told the Journal that the couple denies them all and intends to sue the authors and “anybody who spreads these mistruths.”

The board indicated that its audit and risk committee’s Sunday decision to launch a probe into the allegations was unanimous and “made after consultation with external legal counsel.”

Schwab tried to impress upon board members that the allegations were bogus, and unsuccessfully sought an opportunity to address the board during its emergency meeting.

“He never had a chance to give his side of the story to the board or the audit committee,” said the globalist’s spokesman.

When he resigned on Monday, Schwab reportedly forfeited his pension, which was worth over $6 million.

The WEF told the Journal that it takes the new “allegations seriously, but they remain unproven, and will await the outcome of the investigation to comment further.”

This will be the second investigation launched into the WEF in recent months.

The organization previously tasked the American firm Covington and Burling and the Swiss firm Homburger with looking into claims of workplace discrimination and harassment.

The external lawyers concluded in a summary of their assessment that they “did not find the forum had committed any legal violations” and “did not substantiate” the misconduct allegations against Schwab.

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Minnesota Timberwolves star guard Anthony Edwards found himself writing another check, or perhaps taking a pay cut once again, due to an interaction with fans on April 19.

The NBA announced Edwards was fined $50,000 for “inappropriate language” and “making an obscene gesture toward a fan” last Saturday.

With 4:33 remaining in the third quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers, Edwards spiced up Game 1 of the playoff series with a playful, yet inappropriate exchange with fans.

‘Where are your kids?!’

After arguing with the fans about how much money he makes, Edwards noted that teammate Rudy Gobert also has made upwards of $300 million during his NBA tenure, as a back-and-forth brag with the fans carried on.

As hecklers asked Edwards, “Where are your kids?!” and told him, “You suck,” the shooting guard decided to make penile comparisons as a last-ditch effort to convince fans of his worth.

“My d*** bigger than yours!” Edwards said, grabbing his crotch. “My d*** bigger than yours!” he repeated, which eventually sparked laughter from the hecklers. The short exchange can be watched here.

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Edwards finished 2024 with a $100,000 fine for using swear words during a live interview following a tight win over the Houston Rockets, but the sum total of these two incidents is nowhere near the entirety of money the 23-year-old has had to fork over this season.

According to Spotrac, Edwards has been fined $272,000 for technical fouls et al. in the 2024-2025 season, and coupled with another near $250,000 suspension as a result of 16 technicals, he totals an approximate $514,393 in fines this season.

As for his money brags, while Edwards has earned just a measly $86 million so far in his career, he is in the first year of a new contract extension worth over $244 million.

For teammate Gobert, the Frenchman has already totaled more than that and will take home somewhere in the neighborhood of $375 million when his contract expires in 2028.

The NBA has seemingly lost control of some of its biggest stars this year and media members, former players, and fans have all taken notice.

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has taunted the league with banned actions and celebrations despite having received a 25-game suspension. When warned not to do any finger-gun celebrations, as he has been seen on camera with real guns, Morant immediately did it again, anyway.

Even perennial star LeBron James turned off NBA legend and analyst Isiah Thomas when he was filmed in the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, taking warm-ups shirtless in gray sweatpants and a do-rag.

Panelist Steve Smith, another former NBA champion, agreed with Thomas and suggested the league “go back to suits.”

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Vigilantes beat up a male accused of trying to rape an elderly woman in the Bronx last week — and an anonymous caller helped out police, telling them they could find the suspect in the hospital, WNBC-TV reported.

The NYPD released video of the man in question, who’s seen wearing no pants just after he allegedly attempted to rape a 70-year-old woman near Creston Avenue and 184th Street around 12 p.m. Friday, the station said.

‘Yeah, we beat him up. … And if he comes back, I’m going to rock him again.’

Police told WNBC that the vigilantes found the suspect less than 24 hours later, as word of the attack against the woman quickly through the New York City borough.

Law enforcement sources also told the station that an anonymous caller told police that residents detained the suspect and delivered a vigilante beatdown against him near Tiebout Avenue and 187th Street. The caller concluded by saying that detectives could find the suspect in the hospital, WNBC reported.

The New York Post, citing police and residents, identified the suspect as 50-year-old Oswaldo Ramos — a “career criminal with 19 previous arrests.”

The NYPD said Ramos, who lives near the crime scene, was arrested Sunday and charged with attempted rape and burglary, the Post reported, adding that he hadn’t been arraigned as of Tuesday afternoon. Law-enforcement sources said he was still in St. Barnabas Hospital, and the details about his injuries were unclear.

The paper added that an unnamed vigilante resident said Tuesday that he’d repeat the beatdown: “Yeah, we beat him up. … You don’t do that. That’s something you don’t do. … And if he comes back, I’m going to rock him again.”

A 59-year-old man who also didn’t want to be identified confirmed the thumping of the suspect to the Post: “We don’t tolerate that kind of stuff around here. You won’t see any video on it. No cameras.”

“He deserved what he got,” Stenller Contreras told WNBC, adding that the catch-and-release system is wearing thin on the neighborhood.

“I would have done the same thing because that could have been my grandmother. It could have been anybody,” Contreras also told the station. “I would have done the same thing.”

Police sources added to WNBC that the suspect has not been cooperative in telling detectives the identities of the men who beat him up.

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Ramos was last arrested Oct. 6, 2018, for allegedly robbing a Bronx deli while claiming that he’d just shot a cop, police said.

He allegedly barged into the shop on East 178th Street near Mapes Avenue, flashed the butt of a black handgun, and sneered, “Give me the money. I just shot a cop. I’ll be back tomorrow for more money.”

He had not shot a cop, police sources said.

The disposition of that case was not immediately known.

Most of Ramos’ prior arrests have been for robberies and burglaries, according to authorities.

You can view a video report here about the attempted rape and the fallout from it.

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After years of targeting President Trump in court, New York Attorney General Letitia James appears to be reaping what she’s sowed.

James, who once claimed that she would “put Trump in prison by any means necessary,” is under investigation for mortgage fraud.

The case against James surrounds a Norfolk, Virginia, home that James purchased in 2023, which she identified on mortgage documents as the home that would serve as her primary residence.

However, her job legally requires her to live in New York. Which could mean that James was identifying her home in Virginia as her primary residence as a financial work-around.

“What’s happening today, as Letitia James has now been referred to the Department of Justice for mortgage fraud, this is actual justice,” Liz Wheeler of “The Liz Wheeler Show” comments.

“This is not vindication for Letitia James; this is not punishing her; this is not simply reversing the lawfare that she used on Trump and aiming it back at her just to get back at her. No, this is justice, and it’s very, very necessary if we want the American people to feel confident that our country is not only fair, but that our rule of law is not so corrupt that we should avoid it,” she continues.

The allegation from James regarding Trump was that he inflated his own net worth and the value of his assets in order to obtain loans.

“Specifically, her allegation was that Trump inflated the value of Mar-a-Lago in order to obtain loans from banks in New York,” Wheeler explains, adding, “Nobody was angry; there was no victim in this situation; it was nothing. It was just real estate investors getting loans, paying them back, banks were fine, Trump was fine.”

“And yet a radical leftist judge ruled unilaterally that actually years later, by the way, that actually, Mar-a-Lago wasn’t worth the $18 million to $27.6 million that Trump had estimated or that he had valued it at. That actually, Mar-a-Lago was only worth $5 million or some ridiculously small number at the time,” she continues.

Trump was found liable in this civil lawsuit and ordered to pay more than $400 million on business fraud.

“There’s no crime here,” Wheeler says. “There was no victim. It’s an utterly stupid fishing expedition that Letitia James campaigned on. She was just trying to get Trump because she hated Trump. So now, fast-forward to today, Letitia James is being accused of actual, real mortgage fraud.”

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