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| Obama hailed by Bill Clinton as Gingrich preps exit – the day in politics | Obama hailed by Bill Clinton as Gingrich preps exit – the day in politics |
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| 10.00am: Good morning and welcome to the day in politics. It's Friday; it's spring (where we live); and if you type "zerg rush" into Google today it's far out. Tom McCarthy here in New York and here's where things stand: | 10.00am: Good morning and welcome to the day in politics. It's Friday; it's spring (where we live); and if you type "zerg rush" into Google today it's far out. Tom McCarthy here in New York and here's where things stand: |
| • Former President Bill Clinton stars in a new Obama ad calld One Chance, extolling the strength of his Democratic successor's leadership. "That's one thing George Bush said that was right," Clinton says, wielding that unnaturally long finger of his. "The president is the decider-in-chief." (h/t: @politicalwire) | • Former President Bill Clinton stars in a new Obama ad calld One Chance, extolling the strength of his Democratic successor's leadership. "That's one thing George Bush said that was right," Clinton says, wielding that unnaturally long finger of his. "The president is the decider-in-chief." (h/t: @politicalwire) |
| • The Super Pac Americans for Prosperity is buying $6 million worth of ad time to broadcast a new spot, Wasteful Spending, in eight swing states. We'll have more on that ad for you shortly. | • The Super Pac Americans for Prosperity is buying $6 million worth of ad time to broadcast a new spot, Wasteful Spending, in eight swing states. We'll have more on that ad for you shortly. |
| • Girls Gone Wild impresario Joe Francis is miffed that the winner of his Hottest Girl in America contest will not, after all, be claiming the prize of a summer internship in the office of Arkansas senator Mark Pryor. The charity auction Francis won the prize in was bogus. No comment yet from Pryor's other interns. | • Girls Gone Wild impresario Joe Francis is miffed that the winner of his Hottest Girl in America contest will not, after all, be claiming the prize of a summer internship in the office of Arkansas senator Mark Pryor. The charity auction Francis won the prize in was bogus. No comment yet from Pryor's other interns. |
| • Newt Gingrich has been stripped of secret service protection, NBC News reported last night. We don't even want to think about how those guys are celebrating. (h/t: Morning Score) | • Newt Gingrich has been stripped of secret service protection, NBC News reported last night. We don't even want to think about how those guys are celebrating. (h/t: Morning Score) |
| • Newt Gingrich's first outing without the protection of federal agents will be to the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. Not making that up. | • Newt Gingrich's first outing without the protection of federal agents will be to the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. Not making that up. |
| 10.15am: Here's that anti-Obama Americans for Prosperity ad that's airing in eight swing states. | 10.15am: Here's that anti-Obama Americans for Prosperity ad that's airing in eight swing states. |
| It accuses the president of wasting money on businesses that create jobs overseas, not in the United States. In the background, an acoustic guitar is lightly plucked, which we think is a nice touch. | It accuses the president of wasting money on businesses that create jobs overseas, not in the United States. In the background, an acoustic guitar is lightly plucked, which we think is a nice touch. |
| "1.2 billion dollars to a solar company that's building a plant... in MEXICO! "Half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs... in FINLAND! "And tens of millions of dollars to build traffic lights... in CHINA." | "1.2 billion dollars to a solar company that's building a plant... in MEXICO! "Half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs... in FINLAND! "And tens of millions of dollars to build traffic lights... in CHINA." |
| You can almost hear the emoticon in the narrator's voice at the end of that last sentence: Chi- :( -na. | You can almost hear the emoticon in the narrator's voice at the end of that last sentence: Chi- :( -na. |
| 10.19am: And here's that pro-Obama ad starring Bill Clinton. | 10.19am: And here's that pro-Obama ad starring Bill Clinton. |
| "You hire the president to make the calls when no one else can do it." | "You hire the president to make the calls when no one else can do it." |
| Like bombing a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant? | Like bombing a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant? |
| 10.30am: Karl Rove update: Karl Rove has responded to our query of yesterday about why his first map of the general election has South Carolina as a toss-up state. | 10.30am: Karl Rove update: Karl Rove has responded to our query of yesterday about why his first map of the general election has South Carolina as a toss-up state. |
| @TeeMcSee Latest SC poll from 12/6 & unlikely to stay "toss-up" territory. More states will "lean-safe Romney" in wks ahead w/ more polling. | @TeeMcSee Latest SC poll from 12/6 & unlikely to stay "toss-up" territory. More states will "lean-safe Romney" in wks ahead w/ more polling. |
| — Karl Rove (@KarlRove) April 27, 2012 | — Karl Rove (@KarlRove) April 27, 2012 |
| @KarlRove Interested in your thoughts on why S. Carolina looks like a toss-up? | @KarlRove Interested in your thoughts on why S. Carolina looks like a toss-up? |
| — Tom McCarthy (@TeeMcSee) April 26, 2012 | — Tom McCarthy (@TeeMcSee) April 26, 2012 |
| 10.34am: Andrew Rafferty of NBC News is live-tweeting Newt Gingrich's visit to the North Carolina Zoo, where they apparently inexplicably have dinosaur statues. | 10.34am: Andrew Rafferty of NBC News is live-tweeting Newt Gingrich's visit to the North Carolina Zoo, where they apparently inexplicably have dinosaur statues. |
| Gingrich in front of T-Rex, says he had T-Rex skull in his office in Congress twitter.com/AndrewNBCNews/… | Gingrich in front of T-Rex, says he had T-Rex skull in his office in Congress twitter.com/AndrewNBCNews/… |
| — Andrew Rafferty (@AndrewNBCNews) April 27, 2012 | — Andrew Rafferty (@AndrewNBCNews) April 27, 2012 |
| "T-Rex," it should be noted, was also Gingrich's Secret Service code name, he said | "T-Rex," it should be noted, was also Gingrich's Secret Service code name, he said |
| — Andrew Rafferty (@AndrewNBCNews) April 27, 2012 | — Andrew Rafferty (@AndrewNBCNews) April 27, 2012 |
| While looking at the robotic dinosaurs, Gingrich would often critique whether or not they are life size | While looking at the robotic dinosaurs, Gingrich would often critique whether or not they are life size |
| — Andrew Rafferty (@AndrewNBCNews) April 27, 2012 | — Andrew Rafferty (@AndrewNBCNews) April 27, 2012 |
| 10.49am: We didn't really think we were interested in BuzzFeed's slideshow of 48 pictures of Mitt Romney being a normal guy until we started scrolling through. | 10.49am: We didn't really think we were interested in BuzzFeed's slideshow of 48 pictures of Mitt Romney being a normal guy until we started scrolling through. |
| They look like a happy family. Other instant reax: 1) palpably rich 2) vividly sober | They look like a happy family. Other instant reax: 1) palpably rich 2) vividly sober |
| 10.57am: Heh. | 10.57am: Heh. |
| I don't want to be one of those people who's on his death bed and says, "I didn't spend enough time on the Internet." | I don't want to be one of those people who's on his death bed and says, "I didn't spend enough time on the Internet." |
| — Andy Borowitz (@BorowitzReport) April 27, 2012 | — Andy Borowitz (@BorowitzReport) April 27, 2012 |
| 11.06am: The House of Representatives has passed CISPA, the CyberIntelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which gives federal agencies new and expanded access to all manner of online data in the name of countering "cyber threats." | 11.06am: The House of Representatives has passed CISPA, the CyberIntelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which gives federal agencies new and expanded access to all manner of online data in the name of countering "cyber threats." |
| ProPublica has a good explainer on why privacy activists don't like CISPA: | ProPublica has a good explainer on why privacy activists don't like CISPA: |
| Privacy activists like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation contend CISPA isn't specific enough about just what constitutes a "cyber threat." They say it enables Internet companies and service providers to hand over sensitive user information to intelligence agencies without enough oversight from the civilian side of government. Finally, they say it does not explicitly require Internet companies to remove identifying information about users before sharing. Opponents contend, for instance, that Facebook or Twitter could share user messages with the NSA or FBI without redacting the user's name or personal details. | Privacy activists like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation contend CISPA isn't specific enough about just what constitutes a "cyber threat." They say it enables Internet companies and service providers to hand over sensitive user information to intelligence agencies without enough oversight from the civilian side of government. Finally, they say it does not explicitly require Internet companies to remove identifying information about users before sharing. Opponents contend, for instance, that Facebook or Twitter could share user messages with the NSA or FBI without redacting the user's name or personal details. |
| The bill passed the House 248-168, but faces a presidential veto. The AP looks down the legislative pike: | The bill passed the House 248-168, but faces a presidential veto. The AP looks down the legislative pike: |
| The Obama administration has threatened a veto of the House bill, preferring a Senate measure that would give the homeland security department the primary role in overseeing domestic cybersecurity and the authority to set security standards. That Senate bill remains stalled. | The Obama administration has threatened a veto of the House bill, preferring a Senate measure that would give the homeland security department the primary role in overseeing domestic cybersecurity and the authority to set security standards. That Senate bill remains stalled. |
| The Republican House speaker, John Boehner, said the administration's approach was misguided. | The Republican House speaker, John Boehner, said the administration's approach was misguided. |
| "The White House believes the government ought to control the internet, government ought to set standards and government ought to take care of everything that's needed for cybersecurity," Boehner told reporters at his weekly news conference. "They're in a camp all by themselves." | "The White House believes the government ought to control the internet, government ought to set standards and government ought to take care of everything that's needed for cybersecurity," Boehner told reporters at his weekly news conference. "They're in a camp all by themselves." |
| 11.40am: The vacation to Spain Michelle Obama and friends took in 2010 cost taxpayers almost half a million dollars, according to figures compiled by watchdog group Judicial Watch. | 11.40am: The vacation to Spain Michelle Obama and friends took in 2010 cost taxpayers almost half a million dollars, according to figures compiled by watchdog group Judicial Watch. |
| The New York Times reports: | The New York Times reports: |
Judicial Watch, a public interest group that considers Mr. Obama a 'corrupt politician,' obtained documents showing that, based on the normal hourly rates, the cost of flying the plane to Malaga, then to Majorca and back to the United States, added up to $199,323.75. For the 15-member flight crew, the government paid $10,290.60 for hotel rooms, $2,633.50 for rental cars and $876.30 for food, including $57.68 for four bottles of maple syrup and a package of pancake mix. | Judicial Watch, a public interest group that considers Mr. Obama a 'corrupt politician,' obtained documents showing that, based on the normal hourly rates, the cost of flying the plane to Malaga, then to Majorca and back to the United States, added up to $199,323.75. For the 15-member flight crew, the government paid $10,290.60 for hotel rooms, $2,633.50 for rental cars and $876.30 for food, including $57.68 for four bottles of maple syrup and a package of pancake mix. |
| The cost of Secret Service protection totaled $254,461.20, including $26,670.61 for a chauffeured tour of Costa del Sol and $50,078.78 for the services of a travel planning company, according to Judicial Watch. The government paid for lodging for a security dog and its handler as well. | The cost of Secret Service protection totaled $254,461.20, including $26,670.61 for a chauffeured tour of Costa del Sol and $50,078.78 for the services of a travel planning company, according to Judicial Watch. The government paid for lodging for a security dog and its handler as well. |
| The Drudge Report illustrated the story with a picture of the first lady in which she appears to be levitating. | The Drudge Report illustrated the story with a picture of the first lady in which she appears to be levitating. |
| Now the Atlantic has taken that image and inserted it in the most unlikely places. Check out their slide show. | Now the Atlantic has taken that image and inserted it in the most unlikely places. Check out their slide show. |
| 12.24pm: Is Barack Obama too cool? | 12.24pm: Is Barack Obama too cool? |
| I like Obama's cool guy face in this one. twitter.com/_mikehayes/sta… | I like Obama's cool guy face in this one. twitter.com/_mikehayes/sta… |
| — Mike Hayes (@_mikehayes) April 27, 2012 | — Mike Hayes (@_mikehayes) April 27, 2012 |
| 12.28pm: This is the most patriotism figurines ever captured in one picture. Space Shuttle, Lady Liberty, Empire State Building. | 12.28pm: This is the most patriotism figurines ever captured in one picture. Space Shuttle, Lady Liberty, Empire State Building. |
| 12.42pm: Marco Rubio might not help Mitt Romney all that much with Hispanic voters if he, Rubio, is the vice presidential nominee, Scott Clement writes in the Washington Post. | 12.42pm: Marco Rubio might not help Mitt Romney all that much with Hispanic voters if he, Rubio, is the vice presidential nominee, Scott Clement writes in the Washington Post. |
| Rubio, whose parents emigrated from Cuba, won an outright majority of Hispanic voters in a three-way contest against Democrat Kendrick Meek and Charlie Crist, who ran as an independent after losing the GOP primary to Rubio. Rubio won 71 percent of Hispanic voters with Cuban backgrounds, but only 39 percent of non-Cuban Hispanics | Rubio, whose parents emigrated from Cuba, won an outright majority of Hispanic voters in a three-way contest against Democrat Kendrick Meek and Charlie Crist, who ran as an independent after losing the GOP primary to Rubio. Rubio won 71 percent of Hispanic voters with Cuban backgrounds, but only 39 percent of non-Cuban Hispanics |
| Cuban Americans are less numerous outside Florida, and make up a smaller share of the Hispanic electorate. They account for about one in three Hispanic eligible voters in Florida, but just one in 20 Hispanics nationally, according to a Pew Research Center analysis. | Cuban Americans are less numerous outside Florida, and make up a smaller share of the Hispanic electorate. They account for about one in three Hispanic eligible voters in Florida, but just one in 20 Hispanics nationally, according to a Pew Research Center analysis. |
| Our own Harry Enten wrote a comprehensive take on Rubio as a vice presidential pick a month ago. He gets into the question of Rubio's potential pull with Latino voters around paragraph 16. He sees the same potential weakness Clement writes about: | Our own Harry Enten wrote a comprehensive take on Rubio as a vice presidential pick a month ago. He gets into the question of Rubio's potential pull with Latino voters around paragraph 16. He sees the same potential weakness Clement writes about: |
| But what about the basic assumption: would Rubio actually help Romney with this important demographic? | But what about the basic assumption: would Rubio actually help Romney with this important demographic? |
| In all probability, he would have minimal impact. True, 24% of Latinos in a Fox Latino poll have said Rubio as the vice-presidential nominee would make them more likely to vote Republican, but 14% say it makes them less likely to do so. That's only a 10-point gain, and my guess is that a good chunk of that 24% "more likely to vote Republican" are probably voting for the Romney in any case. A January Latino-Decisions poll found the Rubio gain to only be 6 percentage points. ... Not surprisingly, then, there's little sign that Marco Rubio really appeals to non-Cuban Latinos. In his 2010 run for Senate, Rubio ran 10 points weaker among non-Cuban Latinos, at 40%, than among Floridians at large (50%). That's little better than McCain's 33% support among non-Cuban Latinos in Florida. Rubio gained only 7 percentage points on McCain's baseline among Latinos, even though he pulled a higher percentage of the overall vote than McCain did in Florida. | In all probability, he would have minimal impact. True, 24% of Latinos in a Fox Latino poll have said Rubio as the vice-presidential nominee would make them more likely to vote Republican, but 14% say it makes them less likely to do so. That's only a 10-point gain, and my guess is that a good chunk of that 24% "more likely to vote Republican" are probably voting for the Romney in any case. A January Latino-Decisions poll found the Rubio gain to only be 6 percentage points. ... Not surprisingly, then, there's little sign that Marco Rubio really appeals to non-Cuban Latinos. In his 2010 run for Senate, Rubio ran 10 points weaker among non-Cuban Latinos, at 40%, than among Floridians at large (50%). That's little better than McCain's 33% support among non-Cuban Latinos in Florida. Rubio gained only 7 percentage points on McCain's baseline among Latinos, even though he pulled a higher percentage of the overall vote than McCain did in Florida. |
| 1.08pm: President Obama has just addressed members of the military and their families at Fort Stewart in Hinesville, Georgia. Michelle Obama is there in a bright red dress. | 1.08pm: President Obama has just addressed members of the military and their families at Fort Stewart in Hinesville, Georgia. Michelle Obama is there in a bright red dress. |
| Obama thanked the troops for their service and talked about the potential of America. He recycled this line from his speech earlier in the week at the University of Iowa: "Each of us is only here because somebody somewhere had our backs." | Obama thanked the troops for their service and talked about the potential of America. He recycled this line from his speech earlier in the week at the University of Iowa: "Each of us is only here because somebody somewhere had our backs." |
| Lots of applause for the president at Fort Stewart. | Lots of applause for the president at Fort Stewart. |
| Here's one take: | Here's one take: |
| I didn't like it when Bush used troops as a scenic backdrop and I don't like it when Obama does it, either. | I didn't like it when Bush used troops as a scenic backdrop and I don't like it when Obama does it, either. |
| — Lauren Jenkins (@laurenist) April 27, 2012 | — Lauren Jenkins (@laurenist) April 27, 2012 |
| 1.41pm: Deposed IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tells the Guardian in an exclusive interview that he believes the highly public undoing that followed his encounter with the housekeeper at the Sofitel hotel's presidential suite, and his imprisonment on charges of attempted rape, were orchestrated by his political opponents. | 1.41pm: Deposed IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tells the Guardian in an exclusive interview that he believes the highly public undoing that followed his encounter with the housekeeper at the Sofitel hotel's presidential suite, and his imprisonment on charges of attempted rape, were orchestrated by his political opponents. |
| Ed Plkington reports: | Ed Plkington reports: |
Strauss-Kahn, 63, alleges that he was put under surveillance by French intelligence weeks before he was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting Diallo. He accuses operatives linked to Sarkozy of intercepting phone calls and making sure Diallo went to the New York police, thus sparking an international scandal. | Strauss-Kahn, 63, alleges that he was put under surveillance by French intelligence weeks before he was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting Diallo. He accuses operatives linked to Sarkozy of intercepting phone calls and making sure Diallo went to the New York police, thus sparking an international scandal. |
| "Perhaps I was politically naive, but I simply did not believe that they would go that far … I didn't think they could find anything that could stop me," Strauss-Kahn told investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein. | "Perhaps I was politically naive, but I simply did not believe that they would go that far … I didn't think they could find anything that could stop me," Strauss-Kahn told investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein. |
| 2.20pm: Mitt Romney is meeting with students at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. Here's what's happening: | 2.20pm: Mitt Romney is meeting with students at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. Here's what's happening: |
| Romney chowing down on a burger and fries | Romney chowing down on a burger and fries |
| — Emily Friedman (@EmilyABC) April 27, 2012 | — Emily Friedman (@EmilyABC) April 27, 2012 |
At 3pm Romney is scheduled to deliver a guest lecture, and that's it for his public schedule for the week of April 23. | At 3pm Romney is scheduled to deliver a guest lecture, and that's it for his public schedule for the week of April 23. |
| 3.28pm: Fill in the bumper sticker: Romney / ? | 3.28pm: Fill in the bumper sticker: Romney / ? |
| In his weekly tracking of those most mentioned as potential vice presidential picks, the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza finds major gains for Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush, with Ohio Sen. Rob Portman on a steady climb. Check it out. | In his weekly tracking of those most mentioned as potential vice presidential picks, the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza finds major gains for Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush, with Ohio Sen. Rob Portman on a steady climb. Check it out. |
| 3.30pm: The Obama campaign is still paying off Hillary Clinton's 2008 debt. | 3.30pm: The Obama campaign is still paying off Hillary Clinton's 2008 debt. |
| Nick Confessore: | Nick Confessore: |
| Obama campaign officials have asked the president's elite donors and fund-raisers to donate to Mrs. Clinton's defunct presidential campaign committee, with the goal of retiring $245,000 in debt left over from her 2008 White House bid. As secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton is barred from engaging in political activity or actively fund-raising for herself. | Obama campaign officials have asked the president's elite donors and fund-raisers to donate to Mrs. Clinton's defunct presidential campaign committee, with the goal of retiring $245,000 in debt left over from her 2008 White House bid. As secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton is barred from engaging in political activity or actively fund-raising for herself. |
| People familiar with the effort said the campaign's outreach grew out of discussions with Mrs. Clinton's husband, former president Bill Clinton, who has agreed to headline a series of major fund-raisers for Mr. Obama's presidential campaign... | People familiar with the effort said the campaign's outreach grew out of discussions with Mrs. Clinton's husband, former president Bill Clinton, who has agreed to headline a series of major fund-raisers for Mr. Obama's presidential campaign... |
| 4.49pm: The wags on Twitter have unearthed John Edwards' old account. | 4.49pm: The wags on Twitter have unearthed John Edwards' old account. |
| John edwards is live on myspace - vote on his responses at myspace.com/election2008 | John edwards is live on myspace - vote on his responses at myspace.com/election2008 |
| — John Edwards (@johnedwards) September 27, 2007 | — John Edwards (@johnedwards) September 27, 2007 |
| The Edwards trial on charges of violating campaign finance law has wrapped up for the week. Today former Edwards aide Andrew Young – the man who claimed paternity of Edwards' illegitimate child – testified that he was intimidated in his dealings with the rich donors whose money Edwards is accused of misusing. | The Edwards trial on charges of violating campaign finance law has wrapped up for the week. Today former Edwards aide Andrew Young – the man who claimed paternity of Edwards' illegitimate child – testified that he was intimidated in his dealings with the rich donors whose money Edwards is accused of misusing. |
| CNN: | CNN: |
| "I was scared for my life," Andrew Young testified in U.S. District Court in Greensboro, North Carolina. "I was up against two billionaires and a millionaire. I was scared. It was bizarre." | "I was scared for my life," Andrew Young testified in U.S. District Court in Greensboro, North Carolina. "I was up against two billionaires and a millionaire. I was scared. It was bizarre." |
| 5.30pm: We're going to wind down our live blog politics coverage for the day – indeed, for the week. We cannot put into words our hopes for the idle tranquility of your weekends. Here's a summary of what happened: | 5.30pm: We're going to wind down our live blog politics coverage for the day – indeed, for the week. We cannot put into words our hopes for the idle tranquility of your weekends. Here's a summary of what happened: |
| • The House of Respresentatives passed CISPA, a bill that would expand the government's powers to mine and share online data in the fight against cyber crime. Privacy advocates loathe the bill; President Obama prefers a version under development in the Senate and has vowed to veto the House version. | • The House of Respresentatives passed CISPA, a bill that would expand the government's powers to mine and share online data in the fight against cyber crime. Privacy advocates loathe the bill; President Obama prefers a version under development in the Senate and has vowed to veto the House version. |
| • Mitt Romney addressed students at an Ohio university. Barack Obama addressed soldiers at Fort Stewart in Georgia. | • Mitt Romney addressed students at an Ohio university. Barack Obama addressed soldiers at Fort Stewart in Georgia. |
| • Newt Gingrich took a – what's the opposite of a victory lap? – a loser's stroll through a day of pseudo-campaign events, including a zoo visit. | • Newt Gingrich took a – what's the opposite of a victory lap? – a loser's stroll through a day of pseudo-campaign events, including a zoo visit. |
| • The Obama campaign and a pro-Romney SuperPAC both are out with new ads. Obama hits Romney for an old statement that chasing Osama bin Laden is a waste of resources. The SuperPAC said Obama has spent US money to create jobs overseas. | • The Obama campaign and a pro-Romney SuperPAC both are out with new ads. Obama hits Romney for an old statement that chasing Osama bin Laden is a waste of resources. The SuperPAC said Obama has spent US money to create jobs overseas. |
| • Speculation almost swirled – let's say it stirred – around whom Mitt Romney will pick as a running mate. The week's winner seems to have been Marco Rubio, despite doubts about his ability to attract the Hispanic vote. And now that we have named him, it's almost guaranteed to be someone else. | • Speculation almost swirled – let's say it stirred – around whom Mitt Romney will pick as a running mate. The week's winner seems to have been Marco Rubio, despite doubts about his ability to attract the Hispanic vote. And now that we have named him, it's almost guaranteed to be someone else. |
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