<p>'The Justice Department has removed or withheld dozens of pages related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor decades ago.'</p><p>An Epstein victim made the complaint. </p><p>Let no one forget until the truth is out. </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/g-s1-111316/up-first-newsletter-trump-sotu-mexico-cartel-epstein-files" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2026/02/24/g-s1-111316/up-first-newsletter-trump-sotu-mexico-cartel-epstein-files"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2026/02/24/g-s1-11</span><span class="invisible">1316/up-first-newsletter-trump-sotu-mexico-cartel-epstein-files</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a></p>
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<p>“Allegations that might suggest abuse of marital assets, concealment of financial information, or personal conduct inconsistent with public responsibility are not merely private — they are of public consequence.” </p><p>8 news orgs, including us, demanding <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#transparency</a>: <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/news-orgs-unseal-paxtons-divorce-case/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/news-orgs-unseal-paxtons-divorce-case/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/news-org</span><span class="invisible">s-unseal-paxtons-divorce-case/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/kenpaxton/" rel="tag">#KenPaxton</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>"I think for far too long we've tried not to lose, as opposed to figuring out how to win."</p><p>-- Zohran Mamdani, speaking about the Democratic party and his bold proposals, in the October 20, 2025, issue of The New Yorker. My, I like him. He's the future. I want to see more politicians like him (and AOC, Michelle Wu, Katie Wilson, Maxwell Frost, etc.).</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/newyork/" rel="tag">#NewYork</a> <a href="/tags/nyc/" rel="tag">#NYC</a> <a href="/tags/newyorkcity/" rel="tag">#NewYorkCity</a> <a href="/tags/democraticsocialism/" rel="tag">#DemocraticSocialism</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/progressive/" rel="tag">#Progressive</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a></p>
<p>"Two percent of Americans Are Transgender. Will Trump Come For You Next!“<br>- Aure </p><p>Trump has declared war on the transgender community, leaving Americans to seek asylum — from America <br><a href="/tags/aurefreepress/" rel="tag">#AureFreePress</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/headline/" rel="tag">#headline</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/breaking/" rel="tag">#Breaking</a> <a href="/tags/breakingnews/" rel="tag">#BreakingNews</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#Transgender</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <br> <a href="https://share.newsbreak.com/f3phypse" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>share.newsbreak.com/f3phypse</a></p>
<p>“This can’t be interpreted…as anything else but an attack directly on trans kids.” </p><p>In my first ever byline for Teen Vogue, I spoke with trans students, with <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> teachers, and those who support them about this troubling <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> that's singling out trans, enby and gender nonconforming kids: <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/texas-schools-forced-to-deadname-trans-students" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.teenvogue.com/story/texas-schools-forced-to-deadname-trans-students"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.teenvogue.com/story/texas-</span><span class="invisible">schools-forced-to-deadname-trans-students</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/sanantonio/" rel="tag">#SanAntonio</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#Transgender</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#LGBTQIA</a>+ <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#students</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a></p>
<p>Brazilians took to the streets of major cities on Sunday to protest legislative efforts to shield former President Jair Bolsonaro and federal lawmakers from the courts. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/world/politics/brazil-protest-bolsonaro-courts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/world/politics/brazil-protest-bolsonaro-courts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025</span><span class="invisible">/09/22/world/politics/brazil-protest-bolsonaro-courts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="/tags/worldnews/" rel="tag">#worldnews</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/brazil/" rel="tag">#brazil</a> <a href="/tags/jairbolsonaro/" rel="tag">#jairbolsonaro</a> <a href="/tags/luizinacioluladasilva/" rel="tag">#luizinacioluladasilva</a> <a href="/tags/amnesty/" rel="tag">#amnesty</a></p>
<p>Daily Beast:<br>Stars Boycott Disney Premiere in Free Speech Protest</p><p>Musicians including Sarah McLachlan and Jewel pulled out of performing at the launch of a new Disney documentary as the fallout spreads from the entertainment giant’s role in the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show.<br><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/stars-cancel-performance-at-disney-lilith-fair-premiere-in-call-for-free-speech/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thedailybeast.com/stars-cancel-performance-at-disney-lilith-fair-premiere-in-call-for-free-speech/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thedailybeast.com/stars-ca</span><span class="invisible">ncel-performance-at-disney-lilith-fair-premiere-in-call-for-free-speech/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>The Leftists who Mocked Graham Platner's Victims <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pQxb_lAncM&is=iX5YxqKiUbW_8DW_" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pQxb_lAncM&is=iX5YxqKiUbW_8DW_"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pQxb_</span><span class="invisible">lAncM&is=iX5YxqKiUbW_8DW_</span></a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>
<p>Axios:<br>Jeffries rules out handshake deal with GOP to avert shutdown</p><p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries... will not accept any type of unwritten agreement...</p><p>"They consistently try to undermine bipartisan agreements that they themselves have reached," Jeffries continued.</p><p>As such, he said, "any agreement related to protecting the health care of the American has to be ironclad and in legislation."<br><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/09/24/hakeem-jeffries-donald-trump-government-shutdown" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.axios.com/2025/09/24/hakeem-jeffries-donald-trump-government-shutdown"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.axios.com/2025/09/24/hakee</span><span class="invisible">m-jeffries-donald-trump-government-shutdown</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>The foundational belief of the right wing is this: </p><p>I am rich because of my hard work, not just because I was born rich. You are poor because you are lazy, not just because you were born poor. </p><p><a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/tory/" rel="tag">#tory</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>
<p>Our top story: Three of her children left for the birthday party at a rented Airbnb. María wouldn't hear from them for the next three days—and the next six months of her life would be turned upside-down. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/officials-tren-de-aragua-party-attendees-differ/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/officials-tren-de-aragua-party-attendees-differ/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/official</span><span class="invisible">s-tren-de-aragua-party-attendees-differ/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/centraltexas/" rel="tag">#CentralTexas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>I joined infosec and IT groups, shut down Twitter, Bluesky, LinkedIn, and all that shit. I'm stuck with Mastodon, Reddit, and Github, and I still have to constantly dodge shitty people who only talk about politics. <br>Obviously the problem is not social media but human stupidity. <br>I'm narrowing the spectrum of people I follow, filtering and blocking unbearable topics. <br>As expected, I use compartmentalization and have accounts to read stealthily and without interacting. <br>I think I'll end up leaving Mastodon too. Maybe it's just another silly utopia. <br><a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#actuallyautistic</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/socialnetworks/" rel="tag">#socialnetworks</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>
<p>Raw Story:<br>Internet melts down as Trump identified as 'unindicted co-conspirator' in Arizona filing</p><p>Trump's own niece, Mary Trump, had this to say about the news from Arizona:</p><p>"Good. Now indict the unindicted."<br><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-unindicted-arizona/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rawstory.com/trump-unindicted-arizona/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rawstory.com/trump-unindic</span><span class="invisible">ted-arizona/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a></p>
<p>Dec 31</p><p>Trump and MAGA's participation awards.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOnCEK2HveI" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOnCEK2HveI"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOnCEK</span><span class="invisible">2HveI</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/snark/" rel="tag">#snark</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>
<p>New today: More than 1,000 captive trophy-hunting ranches operate in the United States, most of them in Texas. Some routinely offer hunts of endangered or threatened exotic species. This should not be allowed. </p><p>An OpEd from Amber Gobell ... <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/exotics-hunting-endangeredspecies-wildlife-environment/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/exotics-hunting-endangeredspecies-wildlife-environment/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/exotics-</span><span class="invisible">hunting-endangeredspecies-wildlife-environment/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/hunting/" rel="tag">#hunting</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/endangered/" rel="tag">#endangered</a></p>
<p>Out today: "I’m still not sure what kind of grooming could possibly occur at a neighborhood festival where toddlers and grandparents dance to a B-52s cover band." <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/north-texas-pride-fest-rainbow-panic/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/north-texas-pride-fest-rainbow-panic/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/north-te</span><span class="invisible">xas-pride-fest-rainbow-panic/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/pride/" rel="tag">#Pride</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#LGBTQIA</a>+ <a href="/tags/northtexas/" rel="tag">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>No love lost for John Bolton. As I recall, he could have testified under subpoena a while ago but chose not to, using Executive Privilege as a shield. </p><p>Not much of a shield when the guy who hands them out takes uses them as a weapon against you, now is it? <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>
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<p>Joseph Cowan Cross House</p><p><a href="https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/joseph-cowan-cross-house-justin-farrimond.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/joseph-cowan-cross-house-justin-farrimond.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">justin-farrimond.pixels.com/fe</span><span class="invisible">atured/joseph-cowan-cross-house-justin-farrimond.html</span></a></p><p>And there he stands, looking down Westgate Road, the mighty Joseph Cowan.<br>What would the modern political scene make of such a man?<br>Behind him, Cross House, Newcastle upon Tyne.<br>Sorry about the seagull Joe.</p><p><a href="/tags/photooftheday/" rel="tag">#PhotoOfTheDay</a> <a href="/tags/worlddreamday/" rel="tag">#WorldDreamDay</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/artprint/" rel="tag">#ArtPrint</a> <a href="/tags/dreamscape/" rel="tag">#Dreamscape</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/photographyisart/" rel="tag">#PhotographyIsArt</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>
<p>Disney reportedly lost 1.7 million paid subscribers in the week after suspending Kimmel</p><p><a href="https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/disney-reportedly-lost-17-million-paid-subscribers-in-the-week-after-suspending-kimmel-201615937.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/disney-reportedly-lost-17-million-paid-subscribers-in-the-week-after-suspending-kimmel-201615937.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.engadget.com/entertainment</span><span class="invisible">/streaming/disney-reportedly-lost-17-million-paid-subscribers-in-the-week-after-suspending-kimmel-201615937.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#business</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/disney/" rel="tag">#disney</a></p>
<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration Monday for expanding federal sex discrimination protections under Title IX to include LGBTQ+ students.</p><p><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2024/04/29/484892/texas-sues-biden-administration-to-block-expansion-of-lgbtq-student-protections/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2024/04/29/484892/texas-sues-biden-administration-to-block-expansion-of-lgbtq-student-protections/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.houstonpublicmedia.org/art</span><span class="invisible">icles/lgbtq/2024/04/29/484892/texas-sues-biden-administration-to-block-expansion-of-lgbtq-student-protections/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/kenpaxton/" rel="tag">#KenPaxton</a> <a href="/tags/sexbaseddiscrimination/" rel="tag">#SexBasedDiscrimination</a> <a href="/tags/titleix/" rel="tag">#TitleIX</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a></p>
<p>Two positive thoughts about the terrible <a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> meeting with military leaders: <br>1) I am confident that it hardened opposition more than support among military leadership.<br>2) Contrary to my expectations, they did not use the gathering to loyalty-test people and immediately dismiss any who failed the test. This was a huge strategic blunder. <br>I think with regards to the military we are actually in better shape as a result of this meeting.<br><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/orangefascist/" rel="tag">#OrangeFascist</a></p>
<p>American democracy keeps facing the same test. Reconstruction. Watergate. January 6th. Each was an inkblot: some saw freedom and law, others tyranny and betrayal.</p><p>The danger isn’t just the crisis—it’s perception unmoored from fact. A lie, repeated often enough, creates its own inkblot. Not to reveal the viewer. But to control them.</p><p>1/17</p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#blackmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#histodons</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/photo/" rel="tag">#photo</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/civilwar/" rel="tag">#civilwar</a></p>
<p>Comic from Pat Bagley / Salt Lake Tribune <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>
<p>Aliens 👽 invade:</p><p>"EARTHLINGS, WE HAVE KILLED YOUR LEADERS, DESTROYED YOUR ECONOMY, AND ARE HERE TO TAKE OVER YOUR GOVERNMENT."</p><p>Humans: "oh thank fxcking god"</p><p>Aliens: "wait what?"</p><p>👾 👾 👾 👾 👾 👾 👾 👾 </p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>
<p>Over 40 years, we were collectively told to give tax cuts to rich people.<br><br>And we were told that if we did that, wealth would trickle down and everyone would be better off.<br><br>Over 40 years, pretty much everything got cut to fund these tax cuts.<br><br>Schools. Hospitals. Public housing. Public transport. Universities. Roads projects. Mental health services. Welfare payments.<br><br>People literally went homeless or starved, so rich people could get tax cuts.<br><br>Because the wealth would trickle down.<br><br>Eventually the eroding of public goods caused social dislocation.<br><br>So governments further cut those public goods to fund more police and prisons. To continue giving tax cuts to rich people.<br><br>But they said the wealth would trickle down.<br><br>Eventually the climate started changing because of the amount of toxic fossil fuel pollution in the atmosphere.<br><br>So governments chose to keep the tax cuts rather than fund infrastructure to reduce emissions.<br><br>(Many of those billionaires getting tax cuts made their money selling toxic fossil fuels.)<br><br>And as the oceans and atmosphere warmed, the bushfires, droughts, hurricanes, cyclones, floods, and droughts got worse.<br><br>But they said the wealth would trickle down.<br><br>Eventually people were getting pissed off at the dire state of the world.<br><br>The rich misdirected that anger at immigrants!<br><br>And First Nations!<br><br>And trans people!<br><br>And neurodivergent people!<br><br>Anyone but the billionaires who got the tax cuts.<br><br>So governments chose to keep the tax cuts. (For the rich. Everyone else got new tariff taxes.)<br><br>But they said the wealth would trickle down.<br><br>So did the wealth trickle down?<br><br>Well...<br><br>A group of billionaires saw this kinda cool tech demo.<br><br>It predicted the next pixel of an image, based on the colour patterns of every image on the internet.<br><br>It also predicted the next word in a sentence, based on an analysis of every piece of writing on the internet.<br><br>The rich decided that this clearly showed that a sentient computer was just around the corner.<br><br>The problem was these tech demos needed servers with a lot of GPUs to work.<br><br>So the rich took all the money they got from those tax cuts.<br><br>And they bought GPUs.<br><br>Millions and millions and millions and millions of GPUs.<br><br>All the tax cuts? All the underfunded schools? All the draconian welfare cuts? All the public housing shortages? The delays in funding clean energy.<br><br>In the end, it didn't trickle down.<br><br>And instead of all the public goods it could have bought...<br><br>...We'll be left with millions and millions and millions of GPUs in a landfill.<br><br><a href="/tags/chatgpt/" rel="tag">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="/tags/claude/" rel="tag">#Claude</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/llm/" rel="tag">#LLM</a> <a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/socialism/" rel="tag">#socialism</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#business</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/nvidia/" rel="tag">#Nvidia</a></p>
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