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♪. stuart: i wondered how long it was before the producers picked take the money and run and played it at the top of one of our hours in relation to some story or other. which story in relation to, take the money and run? i don't know. "my take" maybe about to come your way. a little complicated. good morning, everyone, 10:00 eastern. let's get straight to your money. if you look at the dow third, vast majority of stocks are in the red. 10-year treasury yield, 3 1/2%. ticked below that level, 3.49. oil, 70 bucks a barrel, 70.62. bitcoin still at $27,000 per coin. that is the markets on monday morning and now this. this is a setup, the warning of

ugliness to come. quote, the greatest wealth transfer in history is here with familiar rich winners end quote. that is the "new york times," the bible of the left. laying groundwork for seizure of your money. they don't think it's fair that older people are rich. baby boomers, 60 to 80 years old. they accumulated $78 trillion, mostly in real estate and stocks. don't kid yourself you didn't make that money hard work, brains, good judgment, oh, no. as the times said, you made in part because of quote, years of housing discrimination, lack of access to financial tools and advice for people of color, end quote. since vast majority of baby boomers are white, their white children, white grandchildren will inherit the money thus continuing racial inequality. this is setup for a wet tax. socialist wing of the democrat party demands that you add up

value of all your stocks, houses, bonds, businesses even your artwork. then you have to fork over a portion of that wealth every year to the government. it doesn't matter whether your investments are up or down. just having money is the excuse to take it off you. they do not respect success. think about this. you have saved invested, you have done the right thing. you work hard, you plan to pass along what you have made. you are a successful american. so stand up and demand the respect you deserve. second hour of "varney" just getting started ♪ stuart: fortunately steve forbes is with me this morning. it really seems to me like they're softening everybody up, softening up the country for a wealth tax. do you see it that way? >> yes. also raising the inheritance

tax, so-called death tax. there is nice juicy, 10 to $15 million you get an exemption now. they will whittle that away, not just adjusted for inflation, knock it done to three or four million. we got a taste a few years ago when the obama administration started to drop hints maybe people with iras 401(k)s don't mead more than one or two million in the accounts, the government should take it away this has been a long time coming. yes "the new york times" once again laying groundwork after 2024 we have to have a wealth tax because of inequality. the best way to fight inequality is froing economy which these people don't know how to do. stuart: exactly. stay there for a moment, please. we have another one. sit tight for a moment if you would please. donald trump canceled a rally in iowa over the weekend. his camp cited tornado warnings. got to cancel. that did not stop florida

governor's ron desantis. he took advantage of trump's absence and made a surprise visit to des moines. roll tape. >> if you're willing to do that, deliver results people are there, they will follow. they just want to see a better future. we've done that in florida. they have done that in iowa. we're going to have a chance pretty soon to make sure that is done in every state in this country. [cheers and applause] stuart: jason chaffetz with me now. trump has momentum. was desantis able to slow it this weekend? >> well in iowa you got to show up. they get spoiled out in iowa, every candidate shows up, see them two or three times in person. the desantis's were at jethro's. i've been no jethro's. it is heart of politics in des moines. debates will come up before we know it. they come up in august. it will be hand-to-hand combat, one voter at a time. this past weekend was a goodies play of that desantis pivoted

went to des moines. donald trump was going to be there, he showed up in person. people know those types of things. stuart: at this moment it looks like trump is, trump is beating biden. i'm sorry. at this moment it looks like it is going to be trump versus biden and at this moment it looks like trump has the edge. >> it does. stuart: what do you think? >> absolutely. absolutely. this is the challenge for ron desantis. kang he create a case that says you can get the same results as donald trump without the drama. i don't know whether he can get from here to there but clearly donald trump is in command of this race. he has the most support. the poll numbers reflect that. at the drop of a social media post he can get 30,000 people to show up at a meeting. we have never seen anything like him in politics and, right now he is the front-runner. stuart: meanwhile the president raises the issue of white

supremacy as the biggest threat, biggest terrorist threat to america. shaking your head. i found that pretty unreal, i got to say, what say you? >> well, i actually write about this i have a new book coming up. this is a big theme that i talk about. they need this type of threat out there in order to justify the intrusiveness that they try to do at the department of justice, all these other departments agencies. like you were talking about with steve forbes. how do they justify the wealth tax? how do they justify the inheritance tax, death tax? these things are highly immoral. but if you can convince people there is this white sue sprem sy, it's great threat, if these people have money and power, guess what, they will use it to suppress you and do evil things then they start to justify how they confiscate all of your wealth for what, them, more government, more power. stuart: never stops. jason, thanks for being here. always a pleasure. see you again real soon. jason chaffetz.

>> thanks stuart. stuart: democrat presidential candidate rrfk, jr. says he will beat biden in the primary. what exactly is he saying? lauren: he already has 19% of the vote, right? he told fox news digital, he see as pathway to victory even without a debate. here is the quote. we need to be able to show people democracy works, that the united states is not just like the soviet union where the party picks candidates and public really doesn't have a say. we need to be the party of the new deal, not the rigged deal. i think optics of that are very bad right now. so he spoke also about this general feeling in the nation that something is wrong. and that we don't trust people in charge to fix it. i think that is something people go to vote with, that feeling, something is just not right. that is what he is saying. look at the democratic party. they need a revamp, the party of war, party of censorship, the party of fear. he doesn't want it to be like that. stuart: war, sense shore ship

and fear from a democrat administration. thanks for pointing that out to us, lauren. steve forms still with us, i want to refer to this, he has an op-ed, right? he says new york is going to fall soon. what do you mean by falling, new york city falling what do you mean? >> taking off the new york calls itself the empire state and new york city is falling down as is the rest of the state because of the policies. latest example is congestion pricing. they're doing everything possible to drive productive people out. stuart: hold on a second. a lot of our audience won't understand, congested pricing. if you want to drive into the manhattan, car, truck, whatever it is you have to pay a fee to be in midtown manhattan. >> in addition to ex-social tant to you already pay to the port authority. they don't want you in the city, somehow you come to the city, make money, so the city can collect taxes. people are moving out.

quality of life, schools, everything what made it attractive, you have pockets in high-tech areas, but overall the city is an area you're looking elsewhere. you don't see the kind of innovation, the spirit, uplifting spirit in the '80s, '90s, early 2,000's. it's gone. stuart: it doesn't have to be this way. >> that is what so makes me still an optimist. these are policy errors. policy errors can be reversed. the city did it before in the 1990s. we'll see if can do it again. right now going back to where it was in the mid '70s, when it went bankrupt. stuart: i remember that. i do remember that. >> so do i. i'm old enough to remember that. stuart: we both are, steve. okay, steve forbes, thank you very much. >> thank you. stuart: better get back to the market. lauren is looking at movers. i see the dow down 130. c 3 a.i. up 9%. lauren: a.i. software out with a preliminary report card. they say the revenue will come

in when they report at the end of the month on the 31st. higher than expected around $72 million. i know stocks of other a.i. names been higher recently because this is the leader. it has been lower. not today, it is up 73% since the start of the year. stuart: i will take that bounce 1/2. why didn't i buy that instead of google. sofy technologies a financial services company, they're down 10%. lauren: they got a downgrade to sell at wedbush. wedbush is concerned with the first republic, silicon valley bank drama, that sofi will get caught up in tighter bank regulations, hold more capital, undergo more stress tests. they might not have the capital. wedbush says they might have to raise it this year. stuart: retailer, luxury, coach up 2%. lauren: bernstein upgrades them to a buy. seeing it go up 34%.

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♪. stuart: markets monday morning we have red ink. now this, troops in ukraine just saw the first successful counterattack. ashley, is this the start of ukraine's counteroffensive in the spring? >> not yet, but it is just around the corner. ukraine's military said it has made advances around the eastern city of bakhmut, but the situation remains somewhat difficult moscow has not changed its goal capturing the city, sending assault troops to the city's outskirts. moscow has admitted forces have fallen back north of the city. kyiv is expected to launch a

major offensive soon to take russian occupied territory. say the gains around bakhmut does not signal counterattack has begun. they see this as key stepping stone to attack other ukrainian cities. it is real find in the battle for that city. stu. stuart: yes indeed. ukraine president zelenskyy made a surprise minister to britain. he met prime minister sunak. he promised hundreds of long-range attack drones. this is part of zelenskyy's european tour, he met with leaders in berlin paris, roam, rome britain a top chinese official is in ukraine they may be discussing peace talks. kt mcfarland joins me right now. ii have a feeling something is going enin ukraine. zelenskyy going all over the place to pick up weapons, something going on that peace talks mapping might be

fruitfulling. >> maybe. zelenskyy is rush aring around europe. he is hoping to continue the support europeans giving him. they started backing off. he also talked to the americans. conservative to give me support i need, i will have a big spring offensive. he is banking everything on on the spring offensive. the pentagon privately said he may not do all that well. it's frozen conflict. ukraine might advance a little. russia might advance a little. it is like world war i nobody can achieve what they consider victory. in the midst of all of this what are the chinese doing? they maneuvered things so brilliantly. out smarted everybody. first of all they're getting energy, oil, natural gas, really cheaply, discounted prices from russia, nobody is buying russian stuff. number two the longer the war

goes on better china does. america is depleting our own military readiness to supply ukraine. america is focused on ukraine, europe, russia, not on china. and then, finally you know, ukraine is in this frozen conflict where russia can fight forever as well. russia is weakened. also a long run a good thing for china. what position can china take? china can come in and say, okay, we'll cut a deal. we'll force the russians to the negotiating table. they're in ukraine talking to ukraine about if there is a deal we china, we want to come invest in ukraine. we want to be the leaders of rebuilding ukraine. so china sort of wins no matter if everybody loses. china has really outsmarted absolutely everybody in this. stuart: oh, boy. now the president, he is going to meet with our g7 allies. he is going to japan later this week. what is he doing? is he trying to get all the allies together to oppose china

more vigorously, is that what this is all about? >> yeah. i mean he is going because he likes to go to meetings. part of it is to show the american flag. part of it is to get our allies sort of united against russia but the allies, putin understands, i think he's right, that the longer this war goes on, longer it drags on with no clear victory, more europeans, g7 partners, anybody who had been supporting ukraine will just get tired of it. it is expensive, it draws down our own forces. putin wants the long game and i think president biden because he is so distracted about the american negotiations over the debt he says i'm not going to the meeting i really want to go to. but in the end i think biden goes to these meetings. biden loves to go to meetings even if nothing gets accomplished. he lovers to go to meetings. stuart: if china cheese win hands down, russia in, push

russian troops out of the territory they occupied in last 14 months is there something wrong with that goal? >> no, it is a terrific goal. the way you do it not giving ukraine more weapons, although giving ukraine more weapons would help. the real way to win the war on ukraine's terms, president biden said i will stop the war on american fossil fuels. as a result of his war on american fossil fuels, energy prices have gone sky-high. guess what? russia gets rich when energy prices are high. itxports energy. even if it has to export energy at discounted prices to india, to china, russia still has plenty of money coming in to pay for this war. if biden wanted to end the war, stop the war on american fossil fuels, bankrupt russia, force russia to the negotiating table. then, once the fighting stops, have ukraine win the peace, because whoever is in ukraine first as a foreign investor will

do really well. ukraine will probably need a trillion dollars to rebuild. if it is western investors, american investors, you pull ukraine totally inside of the economic security net of europe and that is how ukraine wins. they win the peace. they can't win the war, certainly not with the war on fossil fuels that biden has but they could win the peace. stuart: fascinating. kt mcfarland, always good, thank you for being here. see you again soon i do hope. thank you very much. now this, a former executive at tiktok's parent company bytedance says the communist party of china has access to your data. tell me more. lauren: he says bytedance had special ccp members monitor app. they had backdoor access to user data, including data storage here in the united states. they often guided an agenda advance communist values around the world. he calls it a death switch, that can turn off the apps entirely.

he suing bytedance for wrongful termination a few years ago. the lawsuit came out after he accused the company of lawlessness. stuart: that opens pandora's box. lauren: here we are once again. stuart: thanks, lauren. quick programming note, we have a new epsaid of "american built." i have a preview for you of the stinger missile. watch this. >> it's transformative leap forward. stuart: the power to take on the russian war machine in the hands of a single soldier. >> it's game-changer. >> the russians were big and they were slow. stuart: groundbreaking tech. >> really genius what they come up with. almost a superpower. stuart: a really good story, tune in 9:00 p.m. eastern only on fox business prime. "american built." still ahead california's governor gavin newsom tried to dig himself out of his latest predictment. he is refusing to fully endorse the reparations payments

proposed by his own task force. we have the story. secretary alejandro mayorkas claims encounters at the southern border dropped 50% since title 42 expired but more than 80,000 migrants entered illegally just last week alone. joe concha sorts it all next. he will be with us. ♪.

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that is good news. charles schwab is up after you pull up that stock. we got separate upgrade from raymond james about to outperform. schwab is also up about 3% at last check. stuart: i walked into my broker at schwab, brought some google. should have brought some schwab. there you go. h&r block is down, so is intuit. what is the story. lauren: they're down on a report in "the wall street journal," the irs, the white house, biden administration, is considering creating a government run free alternative to file your taxes. so you wouldn't have to pay to use h&r block's services or intuit's turbotax. stuart: oh. that will undercut you, won't it? lauren: they have all of your information which they do already. stuart: so true. thanks, lauren. now this, the surge at the border continues. i said last week that every

state, county, city has become a border state. well california shares a border with mexico yet they have not seen a surge. kelly o'grady in los angeles. kelly, why isn't california seeing a surge? >> reporter: a combination of reasons, stuart. so we do have a slightly smaller space at the bottom of our border than texas or arizona but cities like los angeles and san francisco are not yet seeing that surge because they are not equipped, they are not welcoming in same way as san diego is. give you example. there are 11 migrant shelters in the state and handful of hotels but those are concentrated in san diego. counties are concerned what happens when those facilities are at capacity. we're not getting much response from the governor. he hasn't sent the national guard to the border like we've seen in other states. we reached out to the governor's office. they didn't respond to questions regarding additional funds or new plans to address the influx. but they maintained california served as model of partnership

for a safe and welcoming border undertaking humanitarian efforts in border communities to support arriving migrants. we went, spoke to some emergency response officials from counties processing migrants. there are a couple things we learned. first they didn't ask for the responsibility but were mandated by the state. second, they are worried, stuart. when they reach capacity they will have to start releasing migrants on to the street. >> the biggest challenge with street releases is that once they're released into the community they're on their own to be able to provide shelter, to provide food. the impacts could be everything from having people just hanging out in our community to inundating 911 and emergency system. >> i will leave you with this, we're dealing with homelessness crisis in california, 69,000 in l.a. county alone on the street. i talked to residents. there is frustration we have

migrants flooding in we are not dealing with our own problem in the backyard first. stuart: kelly. secretary a alejandro mayorkas case border encounters have fallen since title 42 stopped last week. >> we have experienced a 50% drop in number of encounters versus what we were experiencing earlier in the week before title 42 ended. >> why do you think that is? >> because we have communicated very clearly a vitally important message to the individuals who are thinking of arriving at our southern border. stuart: look who is here, joe concha joins me. is mayorkas right to take a victory lap? because he was taking a victory lap right there? >> yeah. that is spiking the football, stu, right? look, when you have a crisis like we have at the border this is what they did with inflation, remember. when it was 9%, fell to 8%, look at it wow, inflation is really far down. you can't measure things this

way. just last week alone, stu, three agent were assaulted at the border, 68,000 apprehensions at the border. 15,780 approximately got-aways, those we don't know about that were not apprehended. 224,000 pounds of marijuana. 56 pounds of meth. 34 pounds of cocaine. these are all things that were found at the border, including five sex offenders, four gang members, two felons a partridge in a pear tree. when you talk about the border, take a victory lap what we're seeing there, because it is down from a really high number doesn't mean the crisis is solved that and the biden administration is doing a great job. we need wall constructed or restarted and we need to get ahold of this crisis. this is crisis, not a challenge, which secretary mayorkas continues to call it, stu.

stuart: another subject, you wrote this, reality finally cops from for california reparations plans, reality finally comes. tell me more about this one, joe. >> if you look at the reparation plan in california, specifically san francisco, for starters, stu, california didn't have you know, slavery. so what the reparations are for is murky at this point. when you look at the cost of this, they're saying they want to give $1.2 million to every black citizen that is there. if you add all of that up, that means $800 billion this will cost if this plan actually is enacted into law. the question is, it is an easy question. where exactly will all the money coming from? at last check san francisco is facing what? 728 million-dollar budget shortfall because so many businesses and people are leaving that city. governor gavin newsom actually said recently, yeah, you know this will be solved by more than

just writing a check. in other words we don't have the money. i know i created this task force but it just ain't happening. reality has come. that is the reality of basic math, stu. stuart: it's real problem for the democrat party, go into 2024 election suggesting million bucks for every black person in the country, that will not be a issue, is it? they will have to dump somehow or another. i don't know how they will do it. >> particularly inflation as high as it is. wages not keeping up with inflation. crime driving people out of san francisco and los angeles. border we talked about, a.c.t. test scores at 30-year low. those are the biggest issues on top of china any 2024 candidate will have to address. this reparations is way down on the list. it is not mathematically possible, stu. stuart: joe concha, thank you very much. see you soon. dave chappelle, he really blasted san francisco in one of his shows. come on in ash. tell us all what he said?

>> he said a lot, basically telling hard truths during an appearance in san francisco a place by the way he calls its second home he is not impressed with its state now. the comedian asked the audience, what the f happened to this place. he recounted a visit visiting an indian restaurant few days earlier greeted by a homeless person defecating in front of the establishment as he walked in. how delitful. he said it devolved into half glee, half zombie movie. now the entire city has become the tender loin. the 10 erin district in san francisco is note tore just for its crime and homeless problems. estimated 38,000 people live on the streets in san francisco any given night. that is a 35% increase since just 2019. yes he told the audience, this city needs batman. stu?

>> batman. that will do it. thanks very much, ash. incoming ceo of twitter says she is looking forward to creating a brighter future at the company. there is plenty concern that linda yacarin-e will limit free speech on site to please advertisers. did his sole blower said president biden used his influence to should down hunter biden investigations. we'll speak to the whistle-blower next. ♪

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stuart: the house oversight committee chair, james comer, well he is having a hard time tracking down an informant in

the investigation into hunter biden and his family. ashley, what's the matter? they can't find the guy? >> it's not just one stu. comer says at least nine of the 10 whistle-blowers with knowledge of the alleged corruption centered around president joe biden and his family they're either currently in court, currently in jail, currently missing. here is what he told bartiromo on fox news over the weekend. listen. >> we can't track down the informant. we're hopeful that the informant is still there. the whistle-blower knows the informant. the whistle-blower is very credible. all we're asking the fbi with respect to the form 1023 is what did you do to investigate this allegation and they send us back a very patronizing letter, basically saying just trust us, and don't worry about it. this is a pattern of behavior by the fbi that would suggest there has been a coverup for many years with respect to the biden

influence peddling. >> there you have it, he puts it on the line. comer says it is critical that the fbi continue identify investigations into already, that have already revealed what has been going on with regard to this influence peddling. he adds that no one wants to come forward because they fear for their lives. comer also claims that biden white house is intimidating them. the media to trying to intimidate and discredit them. we've seen that. of course the mia largely ignored the story. stuart: a whistle-blower says president biden gauged in a massive bribery scheme where he used his political influence into hunter's ukrainian business dealings. bud cummins is former u.s. attorney, he is the whistle-blower and he joins me now. did you warn the justice

department four years ago about the biden family business? >> i attempted to arrange a secret meeting meeting with the department of justtives and prosecutor general of ukraine where he was offering to bring over actual evidence that would include allegations that hunter and joe biden were engaged in a bribery scheme. that was in late 2018 but they stonewalled it and didn't follow up. stuart: no response at all? you knew where investigation was, you knew where the information was, you knew something was wrong but they wouldn't take a look at it? >> that is exactly right. i explained it to them in detail. they said they would get back to me. never did. i never heard back from them again. in fact the next thing i heard was a few months ago i got a notice from apple back in 2019, a year after i communicated with them, they investigated me and they used warrants to obtain my information from apple. stuart: wait a minute. did you know what this was going

on in ukraine and business dealings, you knew, did you know in detail what was going on? >> i knew, i knew in some detail that the serious allegations that were being made. i didn't have the evidence. i wasn't a person that was knowledgeable about ukraine before i was asked to arrange the meeting. i was just asked if i could arrange a meeting. i still had former colleagues at high levels at the department of justice. i offered to try and i tried but i failed. stuart: do you ever think we'll get to the bottom of this? it is all coming to the surface now. we don't quite have a smoking gun, quite information, the right time. will we ever get to the bottom of it? >> i don't see, i don't see any evidence that we will. you know, so hunter biden and joe biden may get away with it but the greater question i think is that it is such strong evidence we have a dual system of justice now in this country. stuart: yeah. >> we have political prosecutions and political

investigations and that is really a big problem. stuart: yes it really is. thank you very much, bud cummins, thank you for coming in today. i know it's complex thing but we have got to dig into this thing. appreciate it. >> it is. stuart: changes are coming to public schools. many are adopting four-day weeks, even getting rid of homework, all in the name of equity. gillian turner files that report in a moment. cornell university created a new free speech committee. one professor says it is stacked with diversity, equity inclusion scholars, dei. the professor is next. ♪.

♪. stuart: no question, public school standards are changing. many schools are updating their grading policies. some are adopting four-day weeks and some are doing away with homework all together. gillian turner is with me. gillian is this all in the name of equity? >> some of it stu, turns out it

is. four-day school weeks, less homework are two trends reshaping education entirely in america's grade schools. the controversial moves are meant to slash costs, plug the teacher drain. as you mention, achieve equity among students. colorado school superintendent for district 27 says his schools love four-day week so much they are never going back. listen. >> when i tell you it has been 80% in support of the four-day week. i don't know anything else in the world would currently get 80% support. so as you would imagine our students are highest, like 83, 84%, really parent and teachers come in about 80% support. >> reporter: nationally 850 school districts that comprises thousands of schools have already dropped the fifth day of classroom learning. that is up from 650 districts back in 2019 before the pandemic. chris fiddler explains colorado schools made the switch after losing out on some major funding. four-day weeks are most popular in the rural west but the trend

is also pick you up now in metro areas out of texas, arizona and missouri. superintendent chris fiddler also told us that colorado schools draw the line when it comes to another emerging trend which is slashing homework or cutting it out entirely. we had a sound bite from him but i don't think we'll get it in time to play it for you. he essentially told us, stuart, homework means practice, very important for kids developmentally to practice doing thing on a tight timeline and feedback in form of grades. that is one thing they're not considering cutting in their colorado school districts stuart. stuart: when did we go so wrong? >> reporter: i wish i could do it all again in the new way. stuart: gillian, thank you very much. cornell university has a new free speech committee they say it will focus mainly on free expression. one professor is sounding the alarm on the new members.

new members of that committee. randy wayne is the professor who joins us now. what's wrong with this committee, professor? >> i wrote a letter to each member of the committee to ask them for links to their writings on free expression because i wasn't aware they thought much about free expression. that was on april 19th and to this day i haven't heard back from them or many of them. stuart: your concern is that some of the scholars on this committee are in fact, they're going for diversity, equity, and inclusion, that is what they're there for, which in my opinion is the opposite of free expression, are you with me on this? >> it is the opposite of free expression. the dei bureaucracy, not the words itself but the bureaucracy creates the vision, entitlement and intimidation which really limits free speech. stuart: how do they do that?

>> people are so afraid of being called a racist that basically that's it. they won't say anything. 50 to 75% of the time my students are afraid to express themselves. stuart: what subject do you teach that is so, that is so, you know, so difficult? >> oh, actually in my class, frankly they can express themselves but this is when i poll them about how they can express themselves throughout the rest of the campus. stuart: what is going to happen if there is problems with this committee where do you see free speech going at cornell? >> there are some people that are very active in free speech on campus, particularly bill jacobsen in the law school but there are people have started freedom of free societies program, as well as people in

the faculty senate fighting for free expression and cornell global hubs in china. we're not going to be shut down. i have contacted a number about of speakers, gordon peterson, michael shellenberger would come to cornell on free expression. they all agreed to come speak. if we have to we'll have a parallel program on free expression. stuart: that is very good news. professor randy wayne, thanks for joining us. good to see the pushback is starting professor. >> thanks very much for having me. stuart: see you again soon. check the market real fast. in business for almost 85 minutes. dow is down three, nasdaq is up 25. my buck says this market closes higher. we'll see. still ahead, miranda devine

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