Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - Dissent Over U.S. Involvement in Iran-Israel, Miranda Devine on President Trump’s Global Strategy, ICE Faces Cash Crisis & Trump Mobile Launch

Episode Date: June 18, 2025

Tonight's rundown: Hey BillOReilly.com Premium and Concierge Members, welcome to the No Spin News for Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Stand Up for Your Country.  Talking Points Memo: Bill analyzes ...objections from both the left and right regarding U.S. involvement in Iran. Host of PodForce One, Miranda Devine, joins the No Spin News to discuss President Trump’s Iran-Israel strategy and expose the corporate media’s skewed coverage. Could Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown cause ICE to run out of funds soon? The Trump Organization has announced the launch of a new cellular phone service called T1 Phone by Trump Mobile. This Day in History: O.J. Simpson is formally charged with the murders of  Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Final Thought: Personally attacking others for media attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey Bill O'Reilly here. Welcome to the No Spin News for Tuesday, June 17, 2025, stand up for your country. Well, the Iran situation continues to dominate the news cycle, and it is a very important story, as you know. and we're way ahead, as you know, if you watched yesterday and read my column. And the reason that we're way ahead on the story is that I have direct access to the people who are making decisions. It just irks me that a lot of these media outlets don't know anything. They use anonymous sources. We never do that here, ever.
Starting point is 00:00:46 And they're wrong. I'm reading his stuff going, that's not true? So we're glad you're with us, listening on radio and watching on television, so we can set the record straight on this very important story. So we'll begin with the talking points memo. So there are objections to the USA getting involved with the Iran situation from both the left and the right. That's very unusual.
Starting point is 00:01:11 Usually they're polarized against each other. Here you've got elements on both that don't want the United States get involved with this. And that's the isolationist movement, which, you know, is an interesting movement. We had the Libertarian Party chief on yesterday. I don't think he was very strong. You know, I laid out a scenario of world disorder that would hurt every single American. He had no counter.
Starting point is 00:01:38 But, you know, he's the title of his opinion. Okay, so there is a congressman in Ohio, Warren Davidson, strong Republican conservative. Here's what he says, go. Look, Israel, they're our friends. We wish them success. them success and safety. And frankly, we want to know that they're secure. But the United States, it isn't our war to fight or our war to fund. Israel has historically said, you know, we've got
Starting point is 00:02:05 this. And it looks like they do. Well, it is our war to fund because if we didn't fund Israel, they'd be out of business and a lot of Jews would be dead because that's what Iran wants to do, kill all the Jews. What doesn't Mr. Davidson understand about that? And then what doesn't he understand about if you have a terrorist state, and that's what Iran is, with a nuclear capacity, then you have disorder in the world? So it's not our fight. Okay, I'm not advocating putting U.S. troops into the fray. I would not do that. Air power will see, okay, but not yet.
Starting point is 00:02:49 But to say, look, it's not our fight. Come on. World disorder affects every single American. All right. Now, on the left, we have Rokano. A guy I like, he's a congressman from California. He says, quote, no war in Iran. It's time for every member to go on a record. Are you with the neocons who led us into Iraq or do you stand with the American people? Well, that's ridiculous. Number one, there is. a war and react in Iran, Mr. Kana, might turn on your TV, said, and watch it. All right. And number two, it's not the neocons. It's the American people understanding that a terror state can't get
Starting point is 00:03:39 a nuclear weapon. Trump's not a neocon. Trump doesn't want any of this. All right? He didn't want to put troops in there. He doesn't want to use American air power. He wants Israel to break the mullahs so they surrender. Now last night I was on Leland Vedderd. Now Vedderd, on News Nation, he's bullish. He's a hawk. He wants to go in with American air power and knock the nukes out once and for all. I'm not there, roll a tape. But what I'm trying to tell you is that there is a prong going in from the United States, not Israel. Israel could kill him, they'd kill them and blow the whole place up. So people ought to know that. But from the United States,
Starting point is 00:04:27 we can get what we want. Regime change, destroy the nukes, without using American military. Now, I think you may be right about that. Now, there's a clock on it. There's a clock on it. There's also a clock on this segment, but I'm extending it because I want you to tell me what's going to happen in the next 24 hours when Trump comes back to Washington. Well, he's going to come back and they're going to evaluate what exactly the mullahs are offering through the third party. And that's exactly what happened. Okay. So then Donald Trump puts on social media that there's total disarray in Iran, which is true.
Starting point is 00:05:11 And he's hoping that they'll surrender. Okay. and that we won't need to use American air power at this point. Now, why am I reticent about doing that? Because there are unintended consequences with China and Russia and other Arab nations. Whenever you use your military, particularly if you're in the United States, then things are going to happen that you can't predict. So if we don't have to use our military directly,
Starting point is 00:05:44 If the Mullahs are going to fall apart because of the Israeli bombardments and the action against them, then you let that play out a bit. And Trump is trying to move that along by scaring the Iranians. So he says, hey, you better get out of Tehran, which is a capital, 10 million people. And you saw the videos, traffic jams, a lot of place getting out of there. The Ayatollah, who runs the country, is in hiding somewhere. Trump says, hey, we know where you are. We can take you out any time. Trump is trying to instill fear in the Iranian population so that they will demand a surrender
Starting point is 00:06:29 and possibly overthrow the mullins. That is the strategy today. Okay? Now, it could change tomorrow if happened. if things happen that we don't can't anticipate now Donald Trump has the authority to use air power and ground power because of public law 107-40 may remember this it was passed by congress on September 14th 2001 three days after 9-11 signed by president Bush on September 18th okay that power is this quote the president has authorized he's all necessary
Starting point is 00:07:09 and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons. He determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or, very important now, or harbored such organizations or persons in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations, or persons, unquote. Okay, so if a nation is harboring terrorists, Iran certainly is, and funding and everything else, that the President of the United States can whack them. That's what this is. So I wrote a column, The Last Days of Tehran, which is on Bill O'Reilly.com. I do believe that it is all over for the Muller's. Now there's one more thing
Starting point is 00:07:59 here that I want to get into. So the President of France, Macron, made a mistake. He is at the G7 conference in alberta canada trump was there and came back early because of iran all right here's what mccrone said go the president spoke a few minutes ago to say that there were ongoing discussions which is a good thing and so if the united states of america can achieve a ceasefire it is a very good thing and france will support it and we wish for it okay but ceasefire is not the right word trump doesn't want a ceasefire trump wants a capitulation because he realizes that iran's on the ropes and a ceasefire will help them recover in some way. But Trump then lashes out of Macron saying, quote, publicity seeking President Emmanuel Macron of France mistakenly said that I left
Starting point is 00:08:54 the G7 summit in Canada, go back to D.C. to work on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Wrong. He has no idea of why I am now on my way to Washington, unquote. So he insults, President Trump insults Macron unnecessarily. I don't believe Macron thought this out. He just used the word ceasefire. And the United States is going to need France, particularly in Ukraine. I don't know why the president needs to insult these people. You just say, no, he was wrong.
Starting point is 00:09:27 This is what I'm going to do. Anyway, summing up, nobody knows what's going to happen. It's better to give Israel a little bit more time. to wear down Iran, the leadership, and the nukes, and then a decision will have to be made. Obviously, this can't keep going on. And that's a memo. Joining us now from New York City is a columnist for the New York Post who writes about these kinds of things all the time. But it's just a new podcast that Red Seat, which we're in business with, is promoting. It's called Podcast One. And it's going to deal with politics.
Starting point is 00:10:08 and Miranda Devine has access to a lot of very interesting guests, and she will be doing that podcast. We hope you check it out. So, Ms. Devon, first of all, am I making any mistakes in my Iranian analysis? No, I don't think so at all. And I mean, you know President Trump very well and have known him for many years. And you know that people can't pigeonhole him as either a warmonger or a dove. He's sort of criticized for both things, but as he says, he just tries to apply common sense. And that's what he's been doing now. He's been crystal clear from the beginning throughout the campaign and previously that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Okay. That's all. Do you think he's making any mistakes? Should he be more aggressive?
Starting point is 00:11:02 Should he be more passive on it? Is he making any mistakes, in your opinion? Hey, I'm Caitlin Becker, the host of the New York Postcast, and I've got exactly what you need to start your weekdays. Every morning I'll bring you the stories that matter, plus the news people actually talk about, the juicy details in the worlds of politics, business, pop culture, and everything in between.
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Starting point is 00:12:00 lunch or getting ready for the drive home. New episodes of the Sean Spicer Show podcast drop at 2 p.m. East Coast every day. Make sure you tune in. You can find us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. I don't think so. I mean, look, he hasn't done anything overt yet. He's just threatened the Ayatollah. He said we have complete control of the skies.
Starting point is 00:12:26 Obviously, Israel has degraded Iran's defenses. so now is a good time to go in and just smash the nuclear facilities. That's all. But what if Israel can't smash them? Because they don't have the bombs that we have. And say the mullers hold out. And the only way to obliterate the nuke stuff is for the United States to bomb these mountainsides.
Starting point is 00:12:57 Would you support that? That is the only way because these nuclear facilities are buried very deep down and only the US has these B2 bombers that are capable of carrying the bombs that can actually get near them. So, I mean, unfortunately, America is the only country in the world with the ability to do this. And I think President Trump has been weighing this decision very, you know, with great care. and his message to the Ayatollah just short time ago saying surrender, unconditional surrender, we don't want the Ayatollah dead. He's safe for now. This is a clear, you know, he's moved.
Starting point is 00:13:46 He's trying to get, right. It would be much better if they threw their hands up, and then the United Nations could go in conjunction with the United States and just take. It's not going to happen probably, but, I mean, a limited strike. Just do that and get out. What could happen is the Iranian people, the Persians, will rise up. And if that happens, the army will turn. And that's what Trump is really hoping for.
Starting point is 00:14:12 He's not hoping for any rationality on a part of the Ayatollah, okay? He's hoping that the Persian people will say enough. And that's why he's saying, get out of Tehran, you know, is this and that. And it's possible that happens. Not probable, but possible. Well, we hoped for that in Iraq. Sure. We hope for it in a lot of places and it didn't happen.
Starting point is 00:14:33 But I do agree with you that Trump is not going to allow this thing to go back to where it was in a sense that it's signed some kind of deal and a deal is murky and they still have this capacity. Trump has come to the conclusion, and I know this to be true, that they're done. And if we have to push them over the edge, we'll probably push them over the edge. But if we do that, we're going to have trouble with China in particular. And that is a huge, huge story. And I know that because I was just in Beijing. China didn't care about the Mullets. They don't care about them one bit.
Starting point is 00:15:12 But they don't want the United States pushing people around and using military action. So that's what Trump has a very, very complicated situation. I also want to talk to you today about the media. People may not know this who don't live in the New York. area. But Miranda Devine was right in the middle of the Hunter Biden laptop thing, where the New York Post, to its credit, got the laptop, printed what was on it, and then the mainstream media, the corporate media, attacked the New York Post, saying it was all bogus, which those of us who were honest brokers of information knew was false. And I think that the corrupt media knew it was
Starting point is 00:15:55 false as well, but they didn't care. But anyway, you went through a long period of time where you were fighting these people and then they finally admitted defeat and said, yeah, yeah, the New York Post had it right, blah, blah, blah. Do you see any improvement in those people who reported dishonestly about Hunter Biden? No, all they do is morph. You know, they never said that the New York Post got it right. They just seamlessly moved into, oh, yes, you know, the laptop is real and, oh, yes, you know, then it's used in a court of law as evidence. Oh, yes, but they never go back and revisit their own errors or correct them. They are so arrogant. I'm thinking particularly of the New York Times, which is, you know, all the news that's fit to print except anything
Starting point is 00:16:49 that's damaging to the Democrats or might help Donald Trump. And they, sort of set the agenda for all the newsrooms, not just in the United States, but around the world. And so that's the skewed perspective of America that's transmitted. And it's through the eyes of the New York Times, which is not got a grasp on reality. And they haven't changed at all. But they don't want a grasp on reality. They're in business to promote a certain lifestyle, a progressive lifestyle, and that's what they want to do. You're an interesting person, to me anyway, because you worked in the media in Australia, I believe in Japan, in England, and in the United States.
Starting point is 00:17:38 So you have a perspective of a worldwide. My theory, and I could be wrong, of course, is that we have the most corrupt media in the free world right now. America, I mean, the BBC is pretty corrupt, but we're really bad now. Do you concur? No, not at all. I didn't actually work in Japan. I was a child. I grew up there. But look, I think that, I mean, I take Australia in England, they're dominated by the BBC and in Australia, the other government-funded equivalent state television called the ABC. and they are so dominate the rest of the media
Starting point is 00:18:21 that they are completely untrammeled by any semblance of the truth and they are incredibly partisan and basically peddled propaganda. Now, they're no different, I guess, from the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, etc. But at least in the United States, there are disparate voices. And those voices are getting stronger as the American people wake up to the fact that they've been lied to by those august established media organs and they look for alternate, you know, sources of news like Bill O'Reilly's No Spin Zone,
Starting point is 00:19:01 like The New York Post and our new podcasts, like Joe Rogan even. I mean, there are lots of media voices. There's a study at today we're going to report on tomorrow that the alternative alternative news agencies have now surpassed, which is obviously true. But, you know, here's the rub on it. It isn't ideology that has sunk them, although that's a part of it. They're boring, Miranda. They're boring.
Starting point is 00:19:35 Well, they know that. Because they're all parrots. They get their little, at a K Street every morning, they get their little. they get their little talking points. Their editors just gut them, okay? You say this, you say that, and if you don't want to say it, you're not working for us. And so these people go on there, and they're like zombies.
Starting point is 00:19:57 You don't learn anything. They're not seeking the truth. They couldn't care less. What they want to do is keep their own jobs. And on television, I made my name by having robust debate on the Fox News Channel. Now, all of them just bringing people who agree with everything. everybody. Tell me more. You know, it's like, we don't have fire anymore and people are going, ah, so I think that that's why, because the social media is so much more lively and it gets
Starting point is 00:20:25 to your pod force one. So you're going into a sea of podcast. This is not a podcast. This is a broadcast here. But you're going to a sea of it. Last question, how are you going to make it different? Look, I guess just the relationships that I've built up with, um, the cabinet members and President Trump, I guess they trust me. And I'm hoping to ask them questions that are obviously of the news of the day. But, you know, in my normal interviews with people, I'm looking for, you know, a front page story exclusive, something on whatever is the hot topic. But this is a bit more relaxed. You have more time. I had 45 minutes with the president. and I just had an hour over an hour with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Starting point is 00:21:13 And, you know, it's just probing, I guess, what motivates them, what their desires are, what their background is, what drives them. They're all incredibly, you know, they don't get to these positions of power without being driven and unique people with a perspective on success and an ability to get success that means that they have a lot of lessons for the rest of us. And look, also, many of them have, you know, personal lives that are not chaotic, that are pretty stable. And how do they manage to do that? I'm interested in that when, you know, these powerful men and women, what drives them behind the scenes as well.
Starting point is 00:21:56 All right. So part four, one is the new podcast. Well, anyway, if you get anything good, I mean, not good, but big, let us know. We'll throw your right on. We appreciate it. Good luck with it. Thank you. Thanks so much, Bill. All right. U.S. gas prices expected to rise 10 cents in my town two days or stop because of the Iran thing. And there's plenty of supply.
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Starting point is 00:23:47 So some of these far-left people hate ICE and Homeland Security say, oh, they're spending too much money. They're going to run out of money. And it's true that ICE is $1 billion over budget. Why? Because they're tossing people out like crazy, and it costs money to do that. But the left is criticizing ICE. Who do you think is at fault here? Might it be Joe Biden, who let 14 million people in?
Starting point is 00:24:19 So that, and, you know, about a million and a half of them are dangerous criminals have to get them out. maybe, hey, you liberal people might be Biden, okay? But ICE is going to have to get more money, and Dembs are not going to want to do that. The Democratic Party in general continues to lose its collective mind over Donald Trump. One of the worst is Congressman Stephen Lynch in Massachusetts.
Starting point is 00:24:46 This guy is really off the chart. He's way worse than Ocasio Cortez. Roll of tape. Trump is a wannabe gangster. and he's showing the world what he's about. And I'm proud. You know, my dad served in Second World War. He fought the Nazis in Northern Africa.
Starting point is 00:25:07 He fought the Nazis on the Italian peninsula. And I think he's looking down right now and he's happy that I'm fighting today's Nazis. He's proud of that. I'm not going to comment on that. I'm going to tell you that this man is about as radical left as you can get. than you people in Massachusetts should know that. He's an open border guy. And he wants trans men to compete against women in sports and enter their locker rooms. That's how this guy is.
Starting point is 00:25:41 Stephen Lynch. Trump's organization, it's a great story, are selling phones, mobile phones. I swear against it. Okay, so like 500 bucks, phone. Other things that the Trump organization sells are crypto, the Lee Greenwood Bible, guitars, watches, sneakers, frequencies, golf stuff, and save America coffee table books. So this is all being sold. Now, Stephen A. Smith, I was on his podcast, It's worth watching, by the way. It just dropped yesterday, so you should check it out. But he was a little appalled at all this commercialism. Roll it.
Starting point is 00:26:35 Over the course of his presidency, President Trump released cryptocurrency, gold sneakers and watches, and now he's reportedly releasing the T1 Trump smartphone with an unlimited plan price at $47.45 per month via AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile in August that's being built in the United States. First of all, Bill O'Reilly, I mean, what do you think about this?
Starting point is 00:26:57 And secondly, are you getting one of these phones? Or do you have a problem with the president monetizing the office? Yeah, I'm getting three of these phones, giving one to you for Christmas, one to Cuomo for Christmas. And look, do I approve of this? No. Do I understand what's going on? Yes.
Starting point is 00:27:21 So Trump doesn't have anything to do with the Trump organization is run by his two sons, Don Jr. and Eric. They are exploiting the hell of their father's success for monetary gain. Now, all presidents do it to a certain extent. The Biden family did it with subterfuge. Remember that. We didn't know what was going on.
Starting point is 00:27:44 And foreign countries are involved. Now, I'm not doing the best. behavior pointing to other bad behavior, trying to provide historical context. Fascinating story. So all presidents, except in the modern era, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, have exploited their position for monetary gain. Carter didn't do it that I could see, all right, and Reagan had dementia when he left office, so there wasn't any industry attached to him. Barack Obama charges up to $350,000 for a speech. Michelle Obama makes millions and millions of dollars marketing everything he wants.
Starting point is 00:28:32 Okay. Gerald Ford, remember Gerald Ford? He was a very modest guy from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He wound up living in Vail, Colorado, and Palm Springs in lavish places because he was on the board of directors on all his corporations. and on and on and on and on. So it's almost like if you're going to criticize Trump, and again, he doesn't get the money his sons do, they run a company,
Starting point is 00:29:06 then you have to go back and you have to trace the arc of every president benefiting financially from the office. Pretty much everyone did. Abraham Lincoln didn't because he was gunned down. before he you know just in the beginning of the second term but if you look at them oh boy it's quite an interesting thing smart life so we have a concierge member on bill o'reilly dot com who wrote to me and owes $42,000 and he's trying to get the debt under control He's associated with a group called Mohella, M-O-H-E-L-A.
Starting point is 00:29:55 This is the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority. So he borrowed the money for his education. He owes $42K. He cannot get anybody at Mohella to help him. Now, Mahala is a quasi-Missouri-run place. We are helping this man. We'll get him at least an interview with a very high ranking. but he can't do it himself, be impossible for him to do it.
Starting point is 00:30:22 I have to do it. I can do it and I will do it because he's a concierge member to bill o'Reilly.com. That's what we do. But the smart live play is if you are going to do business with a internet-based operation, which is what Mahala is, it's on the internet, you're going to get host. Because there's nowhere to go. It's not like you walk into Home Depot and you've got a flawed product from that. You can go right back to Home Depot.
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Starting point is 00:31:58 And I continue to say, do not do business on the net. I mean, I can't tell you how many letters I get. Smart life. I'm going to do the happiness. Trust them. This is a signal my producers tomorrow. I don't have time for it today. This day in history, June 17th, 1994, A.J. Simpson, formerly charged with murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman, 31 years ago today. Simpson, eight-month trial. I covered the trial. Not all of it, but a substantial amount of it. As you know, he was acquitted of murder.
Starting point is 00:32:43 He did it. He did it. All right. He murdered Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman. He was found guilty in a civil court in order to pay $33 million, which he never paid because he fled to Florida, which has laws that shelter your home and your pension. So he didn't have any money left because he had to pay his lawyers to get him off. But he had a pension from the NFL and he had a home. and you couldn't touch it in the state of Florida. Okay. So the worthiness of this history is what happened to Simpson afterward. He had a horrible life. He was a pariah because everybody knew that he was guilty. And the only reason he got off is that the jury in Los Angeles, primarily African American, didn't want to commit another, convict another African American.
Starting point is 00:33:40 That's it. Okay. So then he's arrested in Las Vegas, charged with armed robbery. He serves nine years in his state penitentiary in Nevada. Now, that was a murky situation, but it was payback. The judge, if Simpson had done in New York State what he was convicted of in Nevada, they would have let him walk. They wouldn't even charge them.
Starting point is 00:34:08 That's how liberal New York State criminal justice is. But he got nine years in Nevada because it was payback. back. So then he gets out and he sits there. He sits there. And he dies April 10, 2024 of a prostate cancer. Karma is real. Never forget that. Final thought on how to get attention in a moment. All right, here's a final thought of the day. I'm sure you've heard about the Mark Levine, Tucker Carlson, back and forth, and on Israel and Iran, and isolationism, and on and on, and on. So I know both guys.
Starting point is 00:34:50 And I would never get in the middle of something like this because they're both entitled to their opinions. And they both articulate guys. They make their case. And then you, if you're interested, you decide who's got the stronger case, right? But in this case, there's some invective, word of the day, invective, I-N-V-E-C-I-V-E, going back and forth. All right. So people have different styles. And I'm not, I used to do a lot more of that than I do now.
Starting point is 00:35:22 And I, because my job now is different. I'm a historian, kind of elder statesman type person. And I don't need to do that. Everybody knows me in the world. I don't need to be any better known. I don't need any more attention. And when you start to attack somebody personally, you get attention. But it's kind of unsavory in a way.
Starting point is 00:35:46 And I'm not putting this on any human being here. I'm just talking in general. So, as I mentioned to Miranda Devine, we live in a sea of podcast now. It's just thousands of thousands. In order to break out and get attention, the easiest way is to it personally attack people and for some reason i mean i uh i hesitate on that one again i think i've been guilty of it in the past myself uh i always framed it around an issue for example george cluny not helping out the nine 11 charities uh he's just barney frank
Starting point is 00:36:25 lying to you directly uh i just couldn't abide it but i try to stay away from that all right Even on a view, I mean, I have no use for Joy Behar, but I'm not going to attack her personally, even though she's attacked me time and time again. I actually like Whoopi Goldberg, says a person. But if you want attention in the podcast social media world, the easiest way to get it is to go rip somebody up. And that translates into temporary ratings or temporary attention. You rise. People check it out. Everybody likes a good brawl, particularly in America.
Starting point is 00:37:09 Okay. And so you get helped on that. But I just want to explain to you why we don't do that. All right, because we now are in a position where I got the best information coming in here of any journalist in the country, by far. And you know it. you know it all right i'm ahead and i can tell you what is likely to happen on a variety of subject i don't need to get attention by ripping somebody else up some things make me angry
Starting point is 00:37:41 and i will tell you what they are and if i have to go after somebody who's hurting you directly hurting you i will but as an attention getter no thank you very much for watching and listening to the Knowsman News. We'll see you again tomorrow.

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