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Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump)
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: YorkshireYankee Date: 07 Jun 25 - 05:41 PM Cool Beans, love your parody! This one is past its prime already, and probably not suitable for marches, but I'll share it here anyway... MAPMAKER To the Tune of "Matchmaker" by Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock new words by Vikki Appleton © 10 Feb 2025 Mapmaker, Mapmaker, make me a map Do as I say, fill it with crap Mapmaker, Mapmaker, be a good schnook And make me a rubbish map Mapmaker, Mapmaker, I’ll bring the lies You bring the map for us to revise Fill it with swill for I’m longing to be The Caesar of all I see For Bannon, make it outrageous For Elon, add a swastika too Don’t think of being courageous Just follow the orders I give to you Mapmaker, Mapmaker, make me a map Do as I say, fill it with crap Day after day in DC I’m a drone So make me a map all my own... Donald, oh Donald, have I got a map for you The countries and towns Are all named after you So it’s a nice plan, a good map, true? True It ought to make you happy Your ego satisfy Although it prob’ly won’t Don’t ask me why Did you think we’d make some prints? Well, I do the best I can With no wisdom, no morals, no sense of discretion It’s mad you’ve got a plan! Mapmaker, Mapmaker make it so good I’ll tell you how, I know we could I am a genius but misunderstood So… crown me a king Groom me for doom Find me a mind Map me some crap And make me a hapless map! (Many thanks to Joe Offer for the idea for this parody.) |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 08 Jun 25 - 07:06 AM Still a good'n, YorkshireYankee. I hereby suggest a follow-up on the lines of the Diddums-in-Chief declaring that the international dateline shall henceforth go down the middle of the Atlantic, so that he can start any particular day of the week before those pesky Europeans get their mitts on it. Damn damn damn: now I've got "When it's Tuesday in Italy, it's Wednesday over here" running through my head, without even a tune. *Argh*, in spades. |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: gillymor Date: 08 Jun 25 - 08:04 AM Great parody there, Cool Beans. I'm passing it along. |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 15 Aug 25 - 04:47 PM Came across this on YouTube, a link posted on FB by Janis Ian. When That Man is Dead And Gone was written by Irving Berlin in 1941 about Hitler, but it of course fits perfectly today. |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 15 Aug 25 - 07:39 PM Nice song....SRS... Fits perfectly for Putin. Who will be caught, tried, convicted, in international court in the Hague. What a fool to enter the USA. Imagine the world wide bounty on his head. Sincerely, Gargoyle I like Trump ... I Like Trump ... I LIKE TRUMP! Nice ring and rhythmos. Get used to it ... Six More Years! |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Helen Date: 15 Aug 25 - 07:43 PM On the Turning Away Pink Floyd On the turning away From the pale and downtrodden And the words they say Which we won't understand Don't accept that what's happening Is just a case of others' suffering Or you'll find that you're joining in The turning away It's a sin that somehow Light is changing to shadow And casting its shroud Over all we have known Unaware how the ranks have grown Driven on by a heart of stone We could find that we're all alone In the dream of the proud On the wings of the night As the daytime is stirring Where the speechless unite in a silent accord Using words, you will find, are strange Mesmerised as they light the flame Feel the new wind of change On the wings of the night No more turning away From the weak and the weary No more turning away From the coldness inside Just a world that we all must share It's not enough just to stand and stare Is it only a dream that there'll be No more turning away? Written by: David Jon Gilmour, Anthony Jon Moore Album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason Released: 1987 |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 06 Sep 25 - 12:06 PM This protest song Join ICE is short enough that transcribing it won't take long to the motivated listener. It has a hint of Arlo Guthrie. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3 From: Donuel Date: 20 Sep 25 - 04:00 PM [Verse 1] D MAGAs ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold A7 D They'd rather give you a lie than diamonds or gold D G Bibles, belt buckles and old faded Levi's and each night begins a new day A7 If you don't understand him and he don't die young D He'll probably just fade away [Chorus] D G Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be MAGAs A7 Don't let 'em pick bad fights and shoot them old guns D Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such D G Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be MAGAs A7 They'll never stay home and they're always alone D Even with someone they love [Verse 2] (A tone higher) E A MAGAs like ol' Donald Trump and white Christian mornings B7 E Little warm puppies, and children, and girls of the night E A Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do sometimes won't know how to take him B7 He ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him E Do the things to make you think he's right [Chorus] D G Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be MAGAs A7 Don't let 'em pick bad fights and shoot them old guns D Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such D G Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be MAGAs A7 They'll never stay home and they're always alone D Even with someone they love X |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3 From: Donuel Date: 21 Sep 25 - 08:15 AM Be my guest... Shut your face you disgrace Support Trump in his next race Our dear leader's skin is thinner than a sheet of plastic wrap Mums the word Have you heard Kissing ass is what's preferred Don't insult our great dictator Or he'll hit you with a turd. The new rule at ABC Don't make fun of Donny T And don't point out that his neck is mostly flap Don't make a scene or mention Jeff Epstein Shut your face Shut your face you disgrace. |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: GUEST,PHJim Date: 21 Sep 25 - 12:53 PM I really Do n't Like Trump At All - Christine Lavin (Joni Mitchell) |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Joe Offer Date: 18 Oct 25 - 03:06 PM Well, today is another day for "No Kings" rallies all over the world. I have special concern for the beautiful City of Portland, Oregon, which is currently occupied by Trump's goons. The locals have responded with frogs and other cute animals. I don't quite get the significance of the frogs, but here's "The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade." What happens when a giant frog, a chicken, a bear, and a unicorn take to the rainy streets of Portland? You get The Frog Brigade — a hilarious, heart-warming, and foot-stompin’ country-folk anthem about standing up (and hopping up) for what’s right, with laughter leading the way! This original song tells the true-to-life tale of the Portland Frog Protester — a peaceful demonstrator who used humor and a big green inflatable frog suit to bring smiles and sanity to serious times. It’s a story of courage, creativity, and the unstoppable spirit of joy that keeps Portland weird and wonderful.
Keep Portland Weird! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGtBfOdnG24 |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 18 Oct 25 - 04:15 PM They also do annual nude bicycle rides in Portland, and this year they did an emergency version of it as part of these general protests. |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Charley Noble Date: 21 Oct 25 - 04:52 PM :-) |
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Subject: ADD: Ballroom Blitz From: Joe Offer Date: 07 Nov 25 - 01:54 AM Not my idea, but it's so fitting. This song was recorded by the band called "Sweet." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqketmsRz1E BALLROOM BLITZ (Chapman/Chinn) Are you ready, Steve? (Uh-huh) Andy? (Yeah) Mick? (Okay) Alright, fellas, well, let's go Well, it's been getting so hard Living with the things you did to me, ah-ha My dreams are getting so strange I'd like to tell you everything I see Oh, I see a man at the back As a matter of fact, his eyes are as red as a sun And the girl in the corner, let no one ignore her 'Cause she thinks she's the passionate one Oh, yeah, it was like lightning Everybody was frightening And the music was soothing And they all started grooving Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And the man at the back said, "Everyone, attack" And it turned into a ballroom blitz And the girl in the corner said, "Boy, I wanna warn ya It'll turn into a ballroom blitz" Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz I'm reaching out for something Touching nothing's all I ever do Oh, I softly call you over When you appear, there's nothing left of you, ah-ha Now the man in the back is ready to crack As he raises his hands to the sky And the girl in the corner is everyone's mourner She could kill you with a wink of her eye Oh, yeah, it was electric So frantically hectic And the band started leaving 'Cause they all stopped breathing Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And the man at the back said, "Everyone, attack" And it turned into a ballroom blitz And the girl in the corner said, "Boy, I wanna warn ya" "It'll turn into a ballroom blitz" Ballroom blitz Oh, yeah, it was like lightning Everybody was frightening And the music was soothing And they all started grooving Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And the man at the back said, "Everyone, attack" And it turned into a ballroom blitz And the girl in the corner said, "Boy, I wanna warn ya It'll turn into a ballroom blitz" Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz It's, it's the ballroom blitz It's, it's the ballroom blitz It's, it's the ballroom blitz Yeah, it's the ballroom blitz Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Michael Donald Chapman / Nicholas Barry Chinn Ballroom Blitz lyrics © Universal Music - Mgb Songs, Chinnichap Publishing Ltd. |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 07 Nov 25 - 07:37 AM Good addition, Joe! |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Joe Offer Date: 15 Jan 26 - 06:43 PM Here's a pretty cute response to Trump's designs upon Greenland: Hans Off - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I_n09nS6aU I don't quite get why it's "Hans Off" and not "Hands Off." And another one titled: Greenland Is Not Fer Sale – A Ridiculous Irish Pub Jig About a Toddler Tantrum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOpymCZ0PAU |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 15 Jan 26 - 07:07 PM Thanks for bringing this back to the top. It serves as a reminder that there are a number of lyrics that have been stashed in other threads that should be parked here. |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: GUEST Date: 15 Jan 26 - 10:32 PM It Isn't Nice - Malvina Reynolds My Name is Liza Kalvelage - Pete Seeger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phTi9NDSHe0 |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: GUEST,Lady Mondegreen Date: 16 Jan 26 - 02:45 PM From PEOPLE this morning, 16 January 2026. This is SAD. I’m sitting here. Alone. In the War Room. Fighting for you. The rest of the staff went home hours ago. It’s just me, one dying laptop, and the 17-hour countdown clock to my first mid-month deadline of the year just RANG. We are going to have to ACT FAST! If we don't crush my first mid-month deadline of the year, the radical Left flips the House and Senate in 2026 and finishes what they started: Open borders forever. Your guns confiscated. Your kids brainwashed. And worst of all, your favorite President (ME!) might just go through another FAKE impeachment!” https://politicalemails.org/messages/2061015 (I didn’t make any of that up. - Lady M) (But this I did:) Alone in the War Room Tune: Acres of Clams or any good tune I've been punching buttons since midnight. Should I hit the one called REFRESH? RFK says my body is godlike! Karoline - who the hell is Ganesh? Send money or else they'll impeach me And confiscate all of your guns They’ll let all those rapists and criminals in And brainwash your daughters and sons. Midterm elections are coming I think they're some time in the fall If we should lose them, then MAGA is dead - Lets not have elections at all. A woke mind virus snuck in here And left a big stain on my pants So I'll go to war against Denmark Iran, Minnesota and France. Greenland is mine ‘cause I need it. To build a Trump skiing resort A golf course, a pool. It will be so cool! And that’s why I need your support. Alone in the war room I sit in the dark My laptop just fell off my knee No one to pick this thing off of the floor And no one to pity poor me. (10 ethnopoints to any scholar who can pinpoint the song wherefrom I swiped the last line.) |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: PHJim Date: 16 Jan 26 - 04:40 PM I haven't read the whole thread, so maybe this has already been suggested. Loudon recorded it before Trump's first term. I Had A Dream - Loudon Wainwright III |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: YorkshireYankee Date: 19 Jan 26 - 01:28 AM Joe, I looked up Hans Island. According to Wikipedia: "Hans Island... is an island in the centre of the Kennedy Channel of the Nares Strait in the high Arctic region, split between the Canadian territory of Nunavut and the Danish rigsdel (autonomous territory) of Greenland." |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: YorkshireYankee Date: 19 Jan 26 - 10:38 PM Here's another song (with a video, very well done) about Trump and Greenland: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1HZbyKEPUZ/ (I tried to make a blue clicky; but I've tried on my phone and on my computer and I end up with an error message on both – maybe because it's on fb? Have looked to see if it's on YouTube or somewhere else but can't find it, so if you want to see it, you'll have to copy the link and paste it into your browser. It's worth it, though.) |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: YorkshireYankee Date: 19 Jan 26 - 10:41 PM And here's another one of mine: God Save (us from) the King new words by Vikki Appleton Fielden ©17 June 2025 God save us from the King Don’t let him touch a thing God stay the King Send him felonious So disharmonious To someplace incommodious God stay the King God save us from the King It’s time to march and sing “We don’t do kings!" Put on your TACO hat Veto his coup d'etat We won’t support an autocrat We don’t do kings God save us from the King We won’t be worshiping We don’t do kings See every single state Spurn his campaign of hate That’s how the people demonstrate We don’t do kings |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 19 Jan 26 - 11:18 PM This is the same Greenland Defense Front song that YY posted above, but it is via YouTube. |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 19 Jan 26 - 11:22 PM There's a lot more at the YouTube link, including this alliance between polar bears and penguins. Quite anthemic. The Arctic and Antarctic creatures are only found together to fight Trump. :) |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: GUEST,Bev Praver Date: 20 Jan 26 - 03:30 PM I wrote two new verses to "We Shall Overcome":
We Shall Throw Tr**p Out.... Feel free to use them and add some more and SING! The original song can be found on page 63 in "Rise Up Singing" |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: GUEST Date: 20 Jan 26 - 04:18 PM Is this about Trump or the King of England? Quote God Save (us from) the King new words by Vikki Appleton Fielden ©17 June 2025 God save us from the King Don’t let him touch a thing...
Joe Offer, Mudcat Music Editor |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: YorkshireYankee Date: 20 Jan 26 - 07:50 PM Stilly River Sage - thanks and well done for finding and sharing the YouTube link (I did find some of the other videos you mentioned on YT, but not the one I was trying to share). Bev - nice! Guest - the song is about Trump, as he so clearly wants to be a king (remember the AI pics the White House shared last January of him wearing a crown?). Hopefully, "We don't do kings" and the references to TACO ("Trump Always Chickens Out") and "every single state" were clues, as well... |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: YorkshireYankee Date: 21 Jan 26 - 03:26 PM Here's an appropriate parody by a friend of mine: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS ALMOST OVER parody of Steve Goodman’s The 20th Century Is Almost Over by Charles Roth Back in 1939, Hitler started singing his Ein, Ein, Ein 100 days of Trump, & we're back in that time, yes every boy and girl Now there's only one thing that I'd like to know Where did American democracy go? I'd swear it was here just a minute ago / All over this land Chorus: And now American democracy is Almost over (x3) American democracy is almost over All over this land American democracy is almost over All over this land Does anyone remember the Great Depression? Neither Xi nor Putin makin' any concessions Read all about the on-coming recession 'Less the tariffs get put on hold Has anybody seen my lithium ores Silicon wafers, or Rare Earth stores They got stuck in the MAGA trade wars / All over this land Winters getting warmer, summers getting hotter The southwest states are runnin' out of water Mother Earth's fryin' cause somebody oughter Save the planet 'stead of flyin' to Mars! Tell me how you gonna harvest crops on the farm Since immigrant workers have lost their charm I-C-E set off a burglar alarm Xenophobia's gone too far! Cory Booker's best is long filibuster yappin' SCOTUS barely gave Trump's knuckles a rappin' Everybody's waiting for their arrest to happen Tell me if it happens to you! Election Day proved a real disaster We traded cheaper eggs for an ego-centric master If you duck your part we'll lose a little faster All over this land! |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Joe Offer Date: 01 Feb 26 - 06:21 PM Well, heck, this is Premiere Weekend, when the long-awaited documentary film Melania is released. But hey, why pay to watch the movie when you can hear the song, "I Am Melania"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atMjCfuR0pg As songs so, it's kinda lame - but it has some good lines here and there. |
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Subject: RE: Singer/Songwriters in the Age of Trump From: Stilly River Sage Date: 01 Feb 26 - 10:20 PM Carole King on the stage at the 2026 Grammy's with a white pin on a black sash: "ICE OUT." (And Billie Eilish just got muted remarking on current affairs while accepting the award that King presented.) |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: GUEST Date: 02 Feb 26 - 04:48 PM Two Dead In Minnesota (Ohio) 1970, by Neil Young, sung by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, new lyrics by Dave Orleans, 2026 Em G D Em G D Chorus: ICE Agents from Trump are coming / We're finally on our own Em G D Em G D This winter I hear the drumming / Two dead in Minnesota Am7 D Am7 D Gotta get down to it / ICE is cutting us down / They should have been gone long ago Am7 D m7 D What if you knew her, and / Found her dead in her car / How can you run when you know [Chorus] La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la / La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la / La, la, la, la, la, la, la Am7 D Am7 D Gotta get down to it / ICE is cutting us down / They should have been gone long ago Am7 D Am7 D What if you knew him, and / Found him dead on the ground/How can you run when you know Em G D Em G D Chorus: ICE Agents from Trump are coming / We're finally on our own Em G D Em G D This winter I hear the drumming / Two dead in Minnesota Interjections: Say his name, (Two dead in Minnesota) / PRETTI (Two dead in Minnesota) Say her name, (Two dead in Minnesota) / GOOD (Two dead in Minnesota) Melt ICE! (Two dead in Minnesota) / Chip it away! (Two dead in Minnesota) Crush ICE! (Two dead in Minnesota) / Fire Noem! (Two dead in Minnesota) TWO DEAD IN MINNESOTA / TWO DEAD IN MINNESOTA TWO DEAD IN MINNESOTA / TWO DEAD IN MINNESOTA In memory of Renée Nicole Macklin Good (37), April 2, 1988-January 7, 2026, and Alex Jeffrey Pretti (37), November 9, 1988-January 24, 2026 |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 02 Feb 26 - 09:48 PM A friend on Facebook shared a link to a song by Tom Smith called "Fight Back With A Song" about this protest era. It's a gentle song, not an anthem, but it has a place in all of this. |
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Subject: RE: Songs for Age of Trump (protest/anti Donald Trump) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 02 Feb 26 - 10:34 PM Satirist Andy Borowitz shared a lovely poem by Michael F. Dubois. Since many poems can be turned into songs, I'll share the link (I can't get a transcription by copying text because it's a photo, not a PDF). If They Call Me A Domestic Terrorist Here he speaks it on Instagram. Here is a photo of the printed poem. |
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