Firebrands drift down into the redwoods like an infernal snow.
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But, firebrands of Mr. Miller's variety are becoming more common.
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Liberal firebrands, claiming that it's their constitutional duty, clamor for impeachment.
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McSally is facing off against two conservative firebrands, former state Sen.
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Brown expressed confidence that message could allow more progressive firebrands like Sen.
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The Nusra Frontdoes not want to lose its own firebrands to ISIS.
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That said, he's joining a packed field, including progressive firebrands like Sens.
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The two conservative firebrands could split the right-wing vote in the Aug.
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Klobuchar is up against many of her Senate colleagues, including firebrands like Sens.
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The Parises, who are expecting a second child, are neither wealthy nor environmental firebrands.
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The idea has caught on in recent months as progressive firebrands like freshman Rep.
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The Virginia outcome suggests that firebrands in the mold of Sanders and Massachusetts Sen.
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Klobuchar will be up against many of her Senate colleagues — including firebrands like Sen.
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Progressive firebrands backed by a liberal base furious over the 2016 election also pose hurdles.
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Also firebrands had been at work setting alight all houses not already smashed by shellfire.
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But they were both revolutionary innovators — passionate firebrands — who we wish were still with us.
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FOOLS, FRAUDS AND FIREBRANDS Thinkers of the New Left By Roger Scruton 296 pp. Bloomsbury. $26.
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At 212, Gillibrand is relatively young compared to the aging Democratic establishment and its fringier firebrands.
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Firebrands like Stephen Miller, one author of the initial travel ban, would be sidelined or dismissed.
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Demonizing cargo shorts makes particularly good business sense for right-wing firebrands who delight in provocation.
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Where are old-school cinematic firebrands like Sam Fuller or Phil Karlson when you need them?
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These channels and hosts arouse suspicion by failing to sufficiently flay establishment conservatives or mistreating favorite firebrands.
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"On any given day, you can portray any of us as firebrands or thoughtful deliberators," he said.
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By flying perhaps miles ahead of the main blaze and starting new fires, firebrands can overwhelm crews.
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They would prefer to sort of have this official process without the firebrands of the House Republicans.
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Behind the scenes, many in Senate leadership have made the case that including firebrands like Republican Reps.
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To reverse the slide, the Clinton campaign plans to lean on Sanders and other progressive firebrands, like Sen.
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But the presence of Ward and Arpaio, both conservative firebrands, forced McSally to veer hard to the right.
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Currently, the industry is trying to make stars out of plenty of other Internet firebrands and meme-generators.
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The bill from the two progressive firebrands places a sharp focus on decarbonizing the nation's public housing units.
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The bill from the two progressive firebrands places a sharp focus on decarbonizing the nation's public housing units.
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During this period he also began supporting progressive Democratic firebrands like now Senators Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren.
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By tracking the firebrands with radar, he can start to better understand how far these things can travel.
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But having the liberal firebrands hit the trail two months before the general election is not without risks.
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Centrist candidates are now vying for the nomination alongside progressive firebrands, and the pressure is on to stand out.
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Unlike France and the Netherlands, which voted earlier this year, Germany faces no credible threat from anti-European firebrands.
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Left-wing firebrands like Warren can push for single payer while centrist Democrats argue for mending and expanding Obamacare.
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Moreover, his party looks less inclined to rein in Islamist firebrands as threats to its six-decade rule mount.
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In an all-out fight for the GOP nod, two conservative firebrands are splitting up the Arizona party's base.
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Yet today it is crushed by Mr Macron's mighty LREM on one side, and Mr Mélenchon's firebrands on the other.
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As their noise subsides so others rise: the rhymes of passing street poets, the speeches of firebrands atop makeshift stages.
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By choosing the genial Mr. Kaine as her running mate over liberal firebrands like Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Mrs.
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They were not firebrands, but students, social workers and physiotherapists who felt there was nothing left for them to lose.
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The two progressive firebrands have yet to make peace following their clash during the Democratic presidential primary debate this week.
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Andy Biggs of Arizona and Mike Johnson of Louisiana, and firebrands who have a flair for the dramatic like Rep.
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The protagonists are a group of young firebrands that were drawn together for their love of art, politics, and revolution.
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Trump would be a flash in the pan, maybe leading for a while and then fizzling out like firebrands before him.
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Here are the main highlights: A slew of freshman Democratic firebrands will join Waters on the Financial Services panel, including Rep.
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The whole policy is founded in letting states decide — a tenet of federalism that surely appeals to these small-government firebrands.
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Awards shows have also gotten increasingly political, with celebrity presenters and winners playing the role of firebrands at town-hall meetings.
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Last weekend in Northern California, winds blew firebrands clear across the Carquinez Strait, starting a new fire on the other side.
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How Liberal Colleges Breed Conservative Firebrands Life on the defensive can make someone turn to reactionary politics, says this Opinion writer.
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TV. His comments came in response to the dust-up over a private meeting in 85033 between the two progressive firebrands.
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The NDAA spat is the latest in a series of skirmishes between Democratic leadership and progressive firebrands, including over the defense budget.
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But Tennessee is known for having a strong streak of pragmatic, traditional and business-centric Republicans in charge — not Trump-like firebrands.
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The two progressive firebrands, who have polled near the top of the crowded primary field, have also eschewed high-dollar private fundraisers.
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But in essence this is simply the very public break up between two firebrands who briefly tried to work together in politics.
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Martha McSally emerged from a tough primary contest in Arizona with a convincing victory against conservative firebrands Kelli Ward and Joe Arpaio.
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On the campaign trail, she welcomed the support of other progressive firebrands, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the first-time candidate who vanquished Rep.
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Yet, Mr. Simmons's story also offers hope that firebrands like him can find ways to operate independently at this opportune time in media.
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That would help the prime minister push through his economic reform agenda, which firebrands within his religious base do not always agree with.
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It was the House of Saud's unseemly deal with fundamentalist clerical firebrands: Spare us here at home, and we'll grant you license abroad.
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When the great shock came, the discontented turned to nationalist firebrands, who promised to impose controls on free trade, global banks and immigrants.
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When I was growing up, the G.O.P. was the serious, prudent, boring party, while the Democrats included a menagerie of populists, rascals and firebrands.
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Some of these firebrands start out acting as role models but then deteriorate into unattractive behaviors, sometimes turning into jerks or liars or both.
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Waters and several of the freshman firebrands share many of the same priorities, such as tackling homelessness and financial services access for underserved communities.
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Then I've met plenty of others who see him — correctly, I believe — as a better general-election candidate than some of the district's firebrands.
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But the Firebrands, beginning in the contexts of their campuses, are resetting that frame, much as the postwar generation did half a century ago.
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Bolsonaro's meeting with Trump came together within weeks of the Brazilian leader's inauguration after the two political firebrands expressed mutual admiration for each other.
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They may not express this at the polls, but they could become targets for manipulation and exploitation by firebrands, liars and even foreign powers.
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That's a risky approach to take with firebrands so willing to defy their leaders that they forced the resignation of the speaker's predecessor, John Boehner.
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Still, that race is expected to go down to the wire, assuming McSally triumphs over the field of conservative firebrands in the primary on Tuesday.
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He's almost certainly in, but questions remain as to whether there is room for both young Texas Democratic firebrands, Castro and O'Rourke, in this race.
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Still, few recent athletes have stuck their necks out as far as Kaepernick has, let alone become firebrands like the ones remembered by previous generations.
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At a rally that featured three conservative firebrands — Stephen K. Bannon, the former White House adviser; David Clarke, the former sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wis.
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Sanders has enjoyed a months long jump in support since a heart attack thrust his campaign into uncertainty, garnering the endorsements of progressive firebrands Reps.
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That's why I still buy the argument that he's the one to watch, especially given his party's long history of selecting less provocative candidates over firebrands.
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Still: Even off-the-charts greatness can get a little tedious, and the fact is that fans, especially casual ones, are drawn to firebrands and eccentrics.
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The Libertines, a group almost universally and breathlessly hailed that year as exciting firebrands, potential saviors of rock n' roll, are a prime example of this.
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But the leading Republican candidates in the 2018 races are more Trump-like conservative firebrands — so much so that they've bristled some sitting Republicans in the state.
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Meanwhile, the two Democratic Senate candidates in competitive races who outperformed Clinton the most both self-consciously presented a moderate image rather than running as liberal firebrands.
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Tennessee's three current leaders — Mr. Corker, Mr. Alexander and Governor Bill Haslam — are known as pragmatists, not firebrands, and many conservatives in Tennessee fall into that group.
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A posh, literate costume drama, "Olivia" exemplifies the post-World War II "cinema of quality" that would be anathema to the firebrands of the French New Wave.
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Ten years later, Democrats, driven by progressive firebrands like Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, see financial inclusion as a draw for voters.
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A posh, literate costume drama, "Olivia" exemplifies the post-World War II "cinema of quality" that would be anathema to the firebrands of the French New Wave.
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The president also reportedly corresponds directly with Fox News hosts like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, conservative firebrands who currently host evening programs that routinely praise the president.
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A long-standing admirer of firebrands such as Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez, he believes that Parliament is only one arena for the people's struggle against the powerful.
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While some progressive insurgents in blue districts made gains in this year's midterms, a slew of leftist firebrands running in red and purple districts fared poorly on Tuesday.
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Once again impeachment is in the air, this time driven by Democratic firebrands and donors, with an assist from lousy polls for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
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While there are a few firebrands here and there, just as there are a few anti-protest sceptics, the majority of the fanbase seem to be reluctant rebels.
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And though some firebrands in the party have pushed for impeachment, Democratic leaders and most of the rank-and-file have been cautious about the prospect so far.
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As the 2020 election race heats up, U.S. Democrats driven by progressive firebrands like Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren see financial inclusion as a draw for voters.
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A campaign led by relatively privileged international and domestic organizations — or even migrants themselves — chastising xenophobic firebrands for their nationalistic sentiments is like pouring gasoline on a fire.
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U.S. Congress members and fellow liberal firebrands Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar are among the possible supporters Sanders may use in his place, his campaign has said.
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The sermons of Islamist firebrands from the Gulf, such as the Egyptian-born cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi, entered the homes of Tunisians who felt smothered by official secularism.
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That would be good news for the "forgotten" blue-collar workers Trump courted in 2016 – and for populist Democratic firebrands like Elizabeth Warren whom Republicans love to hate.
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Her lack of an endorsement for a sweeping "Medicare for All" health care plan has angered progressives, as has her pushback against talk by Democratic firebrands of impeaching Trump.
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To see the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton" is to experience the American Revolution as a hotheaded, hotfooted affair, sped forward by impatient firebrands who act as fast they talk.
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In its wake, anti-tax firebrands rose to prominence, such as Grover Norquist, who turned his no-tax-increase pledge into an article of faith for conservative office seekers.
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But the moderates, lacking both conviction and passion, and based in the declining social formation of Northeastern WASPdom, were no match for the firebrands, who saw themselves as revolutionaries.
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It's crowded with noble, villainous and comical characters: police spies and magistrates; radical firebrands and anxious liberals; pompous officials and plain-spoken workers; servants, tradesman, gossips, thugs and children.
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Even voters like Ms. Stocks weren't so sure about Mr. McConnell once upon a time, when Tea Party firebrands tempted them with visions of a new kind of Republican.
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Dr Jasser feels the "Muslim-equals-left" stereotype is partly the fault of his community's self-appointed representatives, not so much the young firebrands as the community's elderly godfathers.
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Americans broadly are actually more positive toward trade liberalization (and wary of protectionism) than the rhetoric from the current president or the progressive firebrands might lead you to believe.
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While passing through New York, The Regrettes let The Verge rummage through their bags (and one jacket) to see what these pop-punk firebrands carry with from day to day.
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Ways and Means Committee chair Kevin Brady has seemed quite serious about preferring some mashup of three and four, while conservative firebrands are most jazzed up about two or five.
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In young firebrands Andrey Rublev, Karen Khachanov and Daniil Medvedev, Russia has a fearless trio of players all aged 21 or under who are determined to set the record straight.
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The white commercial farming community has been desperate for decades to find an equitable solution to skewed land ownership, an issue that resonates greatly with both black and white firebrands.
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We were a special reconnaissance unit, with no Vietnamese commanders, which is what had attracted the Fulro firebrands to work with us as scouts and as a battalion reaction force.
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I was inspired by the female firebrands I'd met through my service on the board of Vital Voices, a Washington-based NGO that mentors emerging women leaders from developing countries.
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The debut record from these firebrands is colored by brash guitars and the muscular vocals of their frontwoman, Katie Alice Greer, whose lyrics broach subjects like consumerism and free will.
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"You have these firebrands that are at the helm, and their tenures have been marked by really bold decision-making, and it has come bundled with really big personalities," Acevedo said.
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This year's lineup was saturated with Trump officials and firebrands they would have never seen at a pre-Trump CPAC: YouTube personalities like Diamond and Silk, deep state witch hunter Rep.
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But if Senate leadership can't win over Paul and Corker, they would face the herculean task of holding together every other member of their wide-ranging caucus, including firebrands like Sen.
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That's meant a bevy of electability questions for progressive firebrands like Warren or Sanders, but Harris, a black woman, faces a particular set of assumptions tied to both gender and race.
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Leaders who were once considered progressive firebrands, such as Pelosi, are now the relative moderates in a party that is increasingly dominated by Ocasio-Cortez and her coalition of likeminded extreme liberals.
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Researchers at Oregon State University are studying the physics of ember generation and transport to better predict which forest types in different conditions will generate firebrands and where they will rain down.
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It shows the degree to which talk-radio firebrands and Fox News hosts have become integrated into the Republican establishment, unofficial branches of the party that wield tremendous influence over its operations.
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Trump-allied firebrands who sit on the Judiciary panel had promised a slew of disruptive tactics, with one lawmaker telling POLITICO it would be "better TV" than the Intelligence Committee's impeachment hearings.
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Stapleton, the two-term state treasurer and Bush family relative, is competing to become only the second Republican elected governor in 44 years and aligned himself with Republican firebrands to win the race.
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Some observers see Mr. Kushner as a welcome counter to an unpredictable president and to firebrands like Stephen K. Bannon, the White House strategist, and David M. Friedman, the ambassador designate to Israel.
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McSally is seen as the favorite in the primary and the preferred candidate of establishment Republicans, but she is running against two conservative firebrands: former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former state Sen.
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For the most part, Ms. Yellen didn't fall into any traps, echoing the academic, even remote tone adopted by predecessors like Ben Bernanke and Alan Greenspan in the face of congressional gadflies and firebrands.
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But the picture is far different in the House Democratic Caucus, where Pelosi must balance progressive firebrands against many centrist members elected from GOP-leaning districts who think Medicare for all goes too far.
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Such firebrands emerged out of economic and political crises in almost every major European country in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, distracting angry citizens with the demonization of minorities, cosmopolitans and liberals.
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This involves basic precautions such as fire-resistant roofing, ember-proof exterior vents to prevent the wind from blowing firebrands into attic spaces, and rain gutter guards to keep dry leaves and needles from accumulating.
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Similar scenes of dissent play out daily all over Istanbul, where firebrands from Egypt, Yemen and elsewhere across the Arab world take on the Mideast's oppressive governments from the relative safety of Turkey's media capital.
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Party leaders like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer seem to be losing their appetites for it (because they know the GOP-led Senate wouldn't convict Trump), yet liberal firebrands like US Rep.
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Both are progressive firebrands, and Biden's decision to target them was most likely part of an effort to paint them as being too extreme for a general election and to position himself as the better alternative.
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McConnell was left with little option but to hold off on a vote in the hope that some form of words can be found to bind together the GOP's center-right voices and its conservative firebrands.
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On his way to a strong second place finish in New Hampshire, John Kasich, who has been advertising himself as the kindly uncle in a race of frothing firebrands, made a curious appeal to his supporters.
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Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon will join conservative firebrands Milo Yiannopoulos and Ann Coulter and more than a dozen speakers at "Free Speech Week" on the University of California, Berkeley campus later this month.
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Amid upsets, winner after winner lashed out at the policy, pleaded for acceptance of differences in a bitterly divided time and, in the case of the cast of "Stranger Things," adopted the stance of political firebrands.
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In 1978, the conservative coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats cut into the size of Carter's Democratic majority, with the emergence of new firebrands like Newt Gingrich of Georgia who were determined to cause the President problems.
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Not just the activists and firebrands who organized campaigns, marches and petitions, but the ordinary folks who've had the courage and the confidence to live openly and show that their relationships are no different from straight ones.
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The technocrat minister, who is seen as a moderate in a eurosceptic government dominated by firebrands like far-right leader Matteo Salvini, also told reporters that Italy could comply with EU fiscal rules without adopting new measures.
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Trump Jr. and Hawley, two conservative firebrands who have emerged as favorites of the GOP base, appeared onstage together at a panel railing at social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter for allegedly suppressing conservative accounts.
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For decades, Orange County sent conservative firebrands such as Robert Dornan and William Dannemeyer to the House and was so reliably red that President Ronald Reagan famously joked it was where all good Republicans went to die.
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The articles should be written "in the style" of right-leaning media firebrands Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos—and if you're not familiar with those three men, then the job "is not for you," the advert states.
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For most of us, this is a largely insignificant piece of information, but for some, it's the final piece in a puzzle that could hold the clue to understanding one of the rising political firebrands in the country.
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Even if the two men put personal animosity aside, the starchy Romney would be an incongruous figure in a team that includes firebrands such as new White House adviser Stephen Bannon and the next national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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And a number of Democrats are trying to persuade liberal firebrands to essentially let Republicans confirm Trump's pick after a vigorous confirmation process -- since Trump is likely to name a conservative to replace the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Jeff Rathke, an analyst with the Center for International and Strategic Studies, noted that — including the vote for firebrands Le Pen and Melenchon — some 40% of France's voters supported a radical shakeup of French policy, including withdrawal from the Euro.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Robert Michel, a gentlemanly Midwesterner who championed civility in Washington as House Republican leader but left Congress dismayed by the rise of conservative firebrands in his own party, died on Friday at age 93, a former aide said.
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But one progressive strategist said Jones is unlikely to come anywhere close to generating the donor interest that Ossoff received because his profile as a moderate Democrat won't excite progressive donors across the country who are looking for anti-Trump firebrands.
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More than 28503 House Democrats launched a Medicare for All Congressional Caucus this month, a sign of the popularity surrounding the concept of a government-run health insurance system for everyone that's supported by liberal firebrands like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Now Columbia University is preparing to inventory some 10,000 hours of recordings from the show that it bought earlier this year to preserve a record of what such musicians, political firebrands and freethinkers were saying at formative points in their careers.
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While histories of this era often emphasize the ways that punk firebrands reined in rock's self-serious bloat, "Don't Do Me Like That" is a reminder that Mr. Petty was doing much the same thing from well within the mainstream.
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Before Republicans drew their first House maps in 2011, Asheville and western North Carolina were represented by a conservative Democrat; after new maps split the city, the district elected one of the most right-leaning firebrands in Congress, Representative Mark Meadows.
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Some Democrats had worried that Maloney may not be the most effective messenger on impeachment, and had privately encouraged Connolly to run for the position, noting his experience on TV and his ability to punch back against GOP firebrands like Rep.
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These fires are almost unstoppable and behave in ways that shock fire scientists—hurling firebrands up to fifteen miles away, forming vortices of superheated air that melt cars into puddles within seconds, and generating smoke plumes that shroud distant cities in apocalyptic haze.
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As chronicled by mid-century historians such as Richard Hofstadter, the populist revolt of the 1890s, spearheaded by firebrands like William Jennings Bryan, fed primarily off an idealized vision of the past, claiming to resurrect the myth of the independent "yeoman" farmer.
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While some progressive insurgents in blue districts made gains in this year's midterms, a slew of leftist firebrands running in red and purple districts fared poorly on Tuesday, losing races that Democrats knew would be tough but were nevertheless optimistic about winning.
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Progressive firebrands like Ocasio-Cortez, who promised to mobilize the resistance, have been elected to the same party as conservative and moderate Democrats who won in districts that went for Trump in 2016 -- and they want to keep those seats in 2020.
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Ideological divides between Democrats have been boiling into public view so frequently of late that speaker Nancy Pelosi firmly told House Democrats to keep their internal gripes behind closed doors, even as she herself fields backlash for seemingly dismissing her caucus's progressive firebrands.
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But Ryan is also confident in two things I am not: the first being that he and Trump could work together effectively if Trump wins, and the second being that his tepid support won't be blamed by firebrands in the party if he loses.
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But conservative firebrands apparently like a drink as much as the next guy, and so they soldier on, braving America's potentially leftist-riddled watering holes—even if, as Tomi Lahren learned over the weekend, it means possibly getting a drink thrown at your face.
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Some political observers expected Trump to pick anti-establishment firebrands to shake up D.C.. During the campaign, Trump had railed against Wall Street and featured Goldman Sachs' CEO in his closing campaign ad as a symbol of the "corrupt machine" selling out the American people.
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Outside of chef circles, Koffmann is nowhere near as well-known as some of the firebrands who passed through his kitchen, but within the restaurant industry he is a luminary, which brings us to why Pierre Koffmann is in Montreal in the first place.
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Their concerns are myriad — allegations of "shadowbanning" on Twitter, YouTube channels belonging to popular right-leaning figures getting demonetized, and right-wing firebrands like conspiracy theorist Alex Jones getting banned from major streaming platforms entirely — though others have argued that those concerns are overblown at best.
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She has a lively Twitter presence who has frequent friendly interactions with right-wing firebrands like Laura Loomer and Candace Owens, posts anti-Comey memes, and recently joked that the new novel Bill Clinton co-authored with James Patterson should actually be called "Why Rape Is Acceptable".
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His alleged snubbing is the latest development in the tug-of-war for influence over Trump's White House between firebrands such as Bolton and those who have taken a more moderate approach to foreign policy, such as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis.
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But many in Senate Republican leadership have made the case that including the House firebrands will not help the President because they won't appeal to the Senate Republican moderates who will be key to deciding how the trial progresses -- and whether there will be any witnesses called.
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Other notable acts — on four stages in and around a decommissioned post office — include the R&B seer Solange, the alt-rock stalwarts Nine Inch Nails, the singer-guitarist St. Vincent, the chart-topping rapper Cardi B, the punk firebrands Priests and the electronic innovator Jlin.
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The specter of a bunch of amateur-hour pundits and online organizers ginning up enthusiasm for a handful of lovable long shots and firebrands with weak teams and poor district fit, only to walk away when the whole thing crashes and burns, makes party insiders nervous with good reason.
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It seems less surprising then that in stepping outside of their conventional hosting schtick, both Kimmel and Colbert, this time as himself on CBS's The Late Show, have struck a chord with Americans, emerging as genuine political firebrands with their raw, humorless commentary on healthcare and gun control.
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Thanks in part to Gloria Steinem and the editors at Ms., Wonder Woman course-corrected in the early 1970s back to her World War II persona—the one shaped by an extremely odd man, his sister wives, and the cast of bohemians and firebrands that rotated around them.
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After the Brexit vote went bad for David Cameron in June, it is the second time in half a year that the leader of a major EU member state tied his future to a referendum and lost, a development that was seized upon by the region's anti-EU firebrands.
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WASHINGTON — As the most diverse freshman class in history settles into the House of Representatives, newcomers like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan have been racking up social media followers and soaking up the spotlight, liberal firebrands largely elected to safe Democratic seats.
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Soon after the "Euromaidan" protests kicked off in 2013 — bringing thousands out into the streets of Kiev, to demand closer relations with Europe and to oppose President Viktor Yanukovych's increasingly burdensome concessions to Moscow — observers grew uneasy about the presence of fringe firebrands amidst the pro-democracy crowds.
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In other words, more than twice as many young people voted in 218 as did in 217 — thanks in part to a midterm cycle that served as a referendum on President Donald Trump and helped usher in the most diverse cohort of congressional Democrats in history, including progressive firebrands Reps.
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Populist firebrands Marine Le Pen of France and Geert Wilders of the Netherlands are descending on the scenic city of Prague this weekend for the "Europe of Nations and Freedom" conference, where like-minded far-right parties will discuss greater cooperation between their anti-migration, Islamophobic and eurosceptic political movements.
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But, in part because Mr. Yang is nice — he peppers his stump speech with jokes and the occasional self-deprecating remark — voters have sometimes questioned his pleasant demeanor and whether he can effectively spar with Mr. Trump or even political firebrands on the left like Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
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Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenTensions between McConnell and Schumer run high as trial gains momentum Sanders wants one-on-one fight with Biden Biden, Sanders tax plans would raise less revenue than claimed: studies MORE's (D-Mass.) defense amid a public fallout between the two progressive firebrands and joined calls for unity.
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To an extent, the Nashville Statement thus seems like something of a reactionary gesture — an attempt to foster unity in the evangelical community (uniting, say, pro-Trump figures like James Dobson with critical firebrands like Russell Moore) by appealing to a doctrinal issue — sexual ethics — that still unites many of them.
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Republicans have racked up a 33-16 lead over Democrats in the governor's offices across the nation (the 50th governor, Alaska's Bill Walker, is an independent.) The sweep started in 2010 with the tea party wave that carried firebrands like Wisconsin's Scott Walker, Florida's Rick Scott and Maine's Paul LePage to victory.
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Democrats privately discussed their tactics during a closed-door retreat in West Virginia last week, CNN's Manu Raju reported, and some in the party tried to persuade liberal firebrands to let Republicans confirm Trump's pick -- citing fears the GOP might gut the rules regarding the filibuster in retaliation for blocking the nominee.
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Eighty-four years after a political revolution in the mill towns of Coos County midwifed the New Deal, it's impossible not to savor the possibility, however remote, that the votes of a few thousand descendants of FLP firebrands could tip fortune's scales in favor of Sanders's political revolution and the Green New Deal.
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Firebrands Christine O'Donnell, Sharron Angle, and Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat Joe Biden faces an uncertain path The Memo: Trump pushes back amid signs of economic slowdown MORE have all topped the small donor charts in past elections.
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The answer came back mixed, said people familiar with the private discussion in an office building opposite the Capitol, with many of the panel's progressive firebrands saying impeachment was inevitable, while some of its more senior members held back, wary of embracing a process likely to unleash forces well beyond their control.
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His selections — radical black intellectual Cornel West and hardcore climate activist Bill McKibben, Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Keith Ellison, Muslim rights spokesperson James Zogby, and Native American tribal rights leader Deborah Parker — are primarily progressive firebrands known, like Sanders, for rejecting half-measures and seeking to exert pressure from outside the mainstream.
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Firebrands like Helen Chenoweth (R-Idaho), Linda Smith (R-Wash.) and Bob Barr (R-Ga.) seemed to presage the Tea Party, and even President TrumpDonald John TrumpWhistleblower complaint declassified on eve of high-stakes testimony Ocasio-Cortez on impeachment: 'I think the ground has shifted' Democrats ask Pentagon to probe delayed Ukraine aid MORE's jarring approach to political warfare.
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Amy KlobucharAmy Jean KlobucharEight Democratic presidential hopefuls to appear in CNN climate town hall Biden, Buttigieg bypassing Democratic delegate meeting: report Poll: Nearly 4 in 5 say they will consider candidates' stances on cybersecurity MORE (D-Minn.) and Sanders himself, was notable in that despite its far left origins, it attracted the support of such right-wing firebrands as Sen.
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And his decision to host dozens of firebrands, including the QAnon-promoting Joy Villa and Bill Mitchell; James O'Keefe, the master of deceptively edited video; and Brent Bozell, who once told Sean Hannity to say Barack Obama looks like a "skinny ghetto crackhead," is an acknowledgment of his increasing dependence on a fringe right-wing media ecosystem that consistently turns out and circulates hoaxes and conspiracy theories.
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Bernie SandersBernie SandersWarren to Sanders: 'I think you called me a liar on national TV' Warren-Sanders fight raises alarm on the left On The Money — Presented by Wells Fargo — Trump signs first phase of US-China trade deal | Senate to vote Thursday on Canada, Mexico deal | IRS provides relief for those with discharged student loans MORE (I-Vt.) amid heightened tensions between the progressive firebrands.
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Justin AmashJustin AmashLawmakers blast Trump as Israel bars door to Tlaib and Omar House Democrats targeting six more Trump districts for 2020 Sanford headed to New Hampshire amid talk of challenge to Trump MORE (R-Mich.) Amash, an outspoken fiscal conservative and member of the House Freedom Caucus, was one of the two among the group, including several firebrands, to vote against the measure and oppose border wall funding.
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During the past week, the firebrands over at the House Freedom Caucus introduced an impeachment resolution targeting Rod RosensteinRod RosensteinWhy the presumption of innocence doesn't apply to Trump McCabe sues FBI, DOJ, blames Trump for his firing Rosenstein: Trump should focus on preventing people from 'becoming violent white supremacists' MORE, the deputy attorney general, only to retreat in haste after Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanEmbattled Juul seeks allies in Washington Ex-Parkland students criticize Kellyanne Conway Latina leaders: 'It's a women's world more than anything' MORE voiced his opposition to the move.
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Dean HellerDean Arthur HellerThis week: Barr back in hot seat over Mueller report Trump suggests Heller lost reelection bid because he was 'hostile' during 2016 presidential campaign Trump picks ex-oil lobbyist David Bernhardt for Interior secretary MORE and Jeff FlakeJeffrey (Jeff) Lane FlakeArpaio considering running for former sheriff job after Trump pardon Overnight Energy: Warren edges past Sanders in poll of climate-focused voters | Carbon tax shows new signs of life | Greens fuming at Trump plans for development at Bears Ears monument Carbon tax shows new signs of life in Congress MORE are facing difficult primary challenges from anti-establishment firebrands.
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In addition to vocal pushback from a handful of GOP senators — including firebrands such as Tom CottonThomas (Tom) Bryant CottonCongress must address gender gap in nominations to military service academies GOP senators press Google on reports it developed a smart speaker with Huawei Sunday shows - Mass shootings grab the spotlight MORE (Ark.) and Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzTrump moves forward with F-85033 sale to Taiwan opposed by China The Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape O'Rourke says he will not 'in any scenario' run for Senate MORE (Texas) — it could put Senate Republicans on a collision course with Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE.
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