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Presepada de Do Val é mais um roteiro dos Trapalhões no Brasil golpista de Bolsonaro

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Um ex-deputado se encontra com um senador e diz que tem um assunto urgente. Em seguida, liga para o presidente da República e passa o telefone ao senador. O presidente, então, pede para ele “dar um pulinho” no Palácio da Alvorada. No dia combinado, os dois são levados secretamente à residência oficial da presidência por um carro da própria presidência. São cinco e meia da tarde e o presidente os recebe de camiseta, bermuda e chinelos. O ex-deputado então revela o motivo do encontro secreto: executar um plano para espionar um ministro da Suprema Corte, captar alguma frase dúbia que o torne suspeito de fraude eleitoral, prendê-lo e, assim, pavimentar o caminho para um golpe de estado.

O que o presidente e o ex-deputado não sabiam é que, três dias depois, o senador convidado para o plano golpista deduraria todo o esquema justamente para o ministro da Suprema Corte.

Parece o roteiro de um filme dos Trapalhões, mas foi só mais um episódio do Brasil de Bolsonaro. Assim como o soldado Didi Mocó aparecia no final para estragar as missões do Sargento Pincel, Marcos do Val apareceu no final para estragar os planos golpistas de Bolsonaro.

Do Val meteu a boca no trombone em uma entrevista para a Veja em que coloca Jair Bolsonaro como mentor do plano golpista. Depois da publicação, o senador trouxe novas versões em que Bolsonaro aparece apenas como um mero ouvinte, enquanto Daniel Silveira seria o grande articulador do golpismo. Nenhuma das novas versões mudou o que foi relatado no primeiro parágrafo deste texto. Bolsonaro convocou uma reunião no Alvorada com os dois e disponibilizou um carro da presidência para transportá-los secretamente. Na melhor das hipóteses para o então presidente, ele teria presenciado um plano para prender um ministro do STF e impedir a posse do presidente eleito por meio de um golpe de estado. Na pior das hipóteses, ele seria o arquiteto desse plano. Seja como mentor ou prevaricador diante de aliados golpistas, Bolsonaro cometeu crime gravíssimo contra a democracia.

Estranhamente os filhos de Bolsonaro não fizeram o que sempre fazem quando o papai é traído por aliados. Eles costumam atacar ferozmente e convocar outros bolsonarista para aniquilar o traidor em praça pública. Foi assim com Bebianno, com Alexandre Frota, com Joice Hasselmann, com Sergio Moro e tantos outros. Mas com Do Val o tratamento foi o oposto. O senador foi afagado com telefonemas de Flávio e Eduardo Bolsonaro, que lhe apoiaram e ajudaram a fazer com que desistisse de renunciar ao mandato. Ficou evidente que o afago foi uma estratégia para reduzir os danos do estrago já feito pelo aliado trapalhão.

Flávio Bolsonaro fez o que os bolsonaristas fazem diante de situações graves: disse que não houve nada demais e que o episódio relatado por Do Val não configura crime. Flávio admite o encontro do pai com o senador e Daniel Silveira — que já havia sido preso por ameaçar a democracia no ano passado — e em nenhum momento negou o conteúdo do que foi conversado. Sustentou a versão de que Silveira teria feito a proposta enquanto Bolsonaro assistia à proposta de crime calado. O escolhido para ser largado ferido na estrada foi o ex-deputado, que não tem mais foro privilegiado e já voltou para a cadeia por desrespeitar as medidas cautelares impostas pelo STF.

No depoimento dado à Polícia Federal, Do Val apresentou uma versão ajustada — a mesma que foi repercutida por Flávio Bolsonaro — em que Daniel Silveira aparece como o líder golpista e o presidente da República apenas como um espectador inocente, de bermuda e chinelão. Ou seja, Bolsonaro teria oferecido sua residência para a reunião golpista, disponibilizado um carro da presidência para transportá-los secretamente, mas não teria nada a ver com o golpismo proposto. O presidente seria como uma criança sentada à mesa ouvindo calada os adultos tramando um golpe de estado. Convenhamos, é até mais fácil acreditar em mamadeira de piroca do que nisso.

A denúncia de Do Val é apenas mais um indício entre tantos outros da existência de um plano organizado dentro do Palácio do Planalto para impedir a posse de Lula. Está ficando cada vez mais difícil remover as digitais do ex-presidente na tramóia golpista. Em uma das mensagens enviadas por Silveira a Do Val, ele diz que a espionagem de Alexandre de Moraes serviria “para pautar a ação a ser tomada, que já está desenhada e pronta para implementar”.

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Espionar Alexandre de Moraes para caçar alguma frase que o torne suspeito de fraude eleitoral e prendê-lo seria o estopim para que se desenrolassem as ações planejadas naquela minuta golpista encontrada na casa de Anderson Torres, ex-ministro da Justiça de Bolsonaro.

As peças estão se encaixando e tudo aponta para Bolsonaro como um dos protagonistas do movimento golpista. O seu ex-ministro da Justiça foi preso por ser conivente e omisso com os bolsonaristas que invadiram e destruíram os prédios dos Três Poderes. O seu braço direito, Valdemar da Costa Neto, deixou claro que a minuta golpista circulou entre toda a cúpula do bolsonarismo sem que ninguém tenha sido repreendido pelo presidente.

Bolsonaro já é oficialmente um investigado no inquérito do STF que apura os atos golpistas de 8 de janeiro. Segundo uma apuração do Estadão, ministros do tribunal garantem que esses novos episódios são suficientes para pedir a quebra de sigilo dele e de outros integrantes da cúpula. E, assim, o cerco vai se fechando.

Há poucos dias, Alexandre de Moraes mandou prender preventivamente 942 golpistas. Talvez seja a hora de prender o principal líder do bando. Bolsonaro está há mais de um mês sem foro privilegiado. Fica a dica.

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Laid-off Google employees are turning to a Discord server with nearly 18,000 members for emotional support and financial advice

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  • Laid-off Google employees have flocked to Discord to vent and seek financial advice.
  • Almost 18,000 people are currently on the Discord server called “Google Post-Layoffs.”
  • Laid-off engineers told Insider Discord gave them a way to communicate with their ex-colleagues.

Google employees who were recently laid off have joined a Discord server to get emotional support and financial tips after departing from the tech giant.

“Google Post-Layoffs” has more than 17,800 members, comprised of laid-off Google staff, current employees, former workers who left prior to the job cuts, recruiters, and journalists.

The Discord server was created on January 20 — the day Google announced around 12,000 roles would be cut from its workforce, said Zac Bowling, a laid-off engineer who worked at Google for nearly eight years. It gained 5,000 members in a day and has accumulated thousands more since, he said. 

There are hundreds of channels on the server, he told Insider. Some channels are set up for specific teams, others are for different Google offices, he added.

There are also channels where employees can seek advice around severance and taxes, mental-health support, and information about the Alphabet Workers’ Union. Bowling said there are even channels where former Google workers can help laid-off staff find new jobs, set up mock interviews, and review résumés.

“It gave us a way to at least communicate with our teams, but also each other, to figure things out and to have some connection,” Bowling said, adding that he felt “immediately isolated” after his layoff.

Insider has reviewed the Discord server and viewed screenshots of the various groups. There is now a verification system in place that only allows verified Googlers to access certain private channels.

From frustration to finance

Chris McDonald, a four-year Google engineer who was also laid off, told Insider he was a member of the Discord group. The conversations range from people being upset and frustrated to those seeking practical and financial advice, he said.

“There’s been a lot of discussion, venting, and emotional processing,” he said. “It’s definitely very touching to see a lot of people are coming together to support each other very quickly over a tough moment.”

Talking with colleagues has been “very fruitful” for McDonald’s “emotional solace” after being laid off, he said.

On top of the Discord server, employees have created a Google doc spreadsheet where they track who was laid off and which departments were affected the most, ex-staff told Insider.

McDonald said he was aware of the spreadsheet but wasn’t sure how useful it would be for employees to dwell on post-layoffs, adding that it could cause more frustration.

Google didn’t immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.

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This man paid $600 for an old horse trailer and turned it into a tiny home that he rents out on Airbnb. Take a look at how he did it.

Khylen Baldwin and his tiny home AirbnbKhylen Baldwin bought an old horse trailer on a whim and turned it into a tiny home on Airbnb.

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  • Khylen Baldwin bought an old horse box for £500, or roughly $600, and turned it into an Airbnb.
  • He estimated he spent about $6,000 turning the trailer into a tiny home.
  • Baldwin said he didn’t have much experience in construction, so he relied on YouTube.
Khylen Baldwin bought an old horse box during the UK’s COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. He described it as a “complete impulse purchase.”The mustard-colored horse trailer before Baldwin's conversion.The mustard-colored horse trailer before Baldwin’s conversion.

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Baldwin, 37, now operates the Airbnb full time and cares for his two young children.Khylen Baldwin stands in front of his tiny home.Khylen Baldwin stands in front of his tiny home.

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He paid £500, or roughly $600, for the 1980s vehicle on Facebook Marketplace.Horsebox before conversionThe horsebox before conversion.

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A friend helped haul the trailer to Baldwin’s home with a tractor. Baldwin said that though it was very run-down, he “could see in my head that it would look great.”Tractor hauling horseboxThe tractor hauling the horsebox.

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He said that for the first few months it “just sat around” in his backyard in Devon, England, while he tried to figure out what to do with it.The original unconverted horseboxThe original unconverted horsebox.

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Baldwin’s first step was to install floor-to-ceiling windows, offering what he said was some “much needed” light.Conversion Process of Horsebox AirbnbThe conversion process of the horsebox Airbnb.

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He did all the wiring and plumbing himself. There aren’t any plug sockets because the vehicle is off the grid, but it has solar-powered lights and running water.Kitchen Installation in Horsebox AirbnbThe kitchen installation in the horsebox Airbnb.

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Baldwin said he hadn’t done much construction work before, so he used YouTube to figure out how to convert the trailer into a functional tiny home.Construction in the horsebox Airbnb (with the owner's dog)Construction in the horsebox Airbnb (with the owner’s dog).

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He did most of the work at night, after spending days caring for his children while his wife, a schoolteacher, was at work.Construction work in the horsebox AirbnbConstruction work in the horsebox Airbnb.

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Baldwin ripped out the seating at the front of the trailer and turned the driver’s cabin into a double bed.Sleeping area in the horsebox AirbnbSleeping area in the horsebox Airbnb.

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He built a second double bed in the narrow space above the driver’s cabin. He said the trailer can accommodate a family of four, though it’s often rented by young couples.Double bed on top of the cabThe double bed on top of the cab.

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He said he wanted to make the most of the trailer’s original structure, so he turned the tailgate into a sheltered deck.The outdoor deck at the horsebox AirbnbThe outdoor deck at the horsebox Airbnb.

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He bought a second, smaller horse box and turned it into a separate bathroom, complete with a composting toilet.The exterior horsebox bathroomThe exterior horsebox bathroom.

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The shower is gas-powered to provide hot water for Airbnb guests.Bathroom in horsebox Airbnb conversionThe bathroom in horsebox Airbnb conversion.

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After months of intensive construction, Baldwin started renting the property on Airbnb in June 2021. He charges $93 a night, plus cleaning fees.Green horsebox Airbnb surrounded by fieldsThe green horsebox Airbnb surrounded by fields.

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The trailer, which is 7 feet wide and 21 feet long, contains two double beds, a kitchen, a wood-burning stove, and an indoor seating area.Interior of horse trailer AirbnbInterior of horse trailer Airbnb.

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Baldwin bought a lot of the furnishings, including the kitchen cabinets, on Facebook Marketplace. He said he wanted things that were “random” and “vintage.”Kitchen of Horse Trailer AirbnbThe kitchen of the horse trailer Airbnb.

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He said he covered the trailer in wood paneling because he wanted it to have a “rustic” feel that would suit its rural surroundings.Dining area in the horsebox airbnbThe dining area in the horsebox Airbnb.

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“I decorated it just like my house,” Baldwin said.Interior of horse trailer AirbnbThere’s also a woodburning stove. Baldwin gives all guests a bag of chopped wood.

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After renovating the trailer, Baldwin took it to its final destination, in sprawling hills and fields on his family’s farm.View of Cows from Horse TrailerA view of cows from the horse trailer.

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Having finished his tiny-home conversion, Baldwin is on the hunt for a new project. “If I found something else the same size, like an army truck, I’d be keen to do it,” he said.The entrance to the horse trailer AirbnbThe entrance to the horse trailer Airbnb.

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I worked as a paralegal by day and had a secret side hustle as a stripper by night. I felt like Clark Kent living a double life.

Raven Inferno pictured wearing a pink skirt and shoes in front of a car with pink carRaven Inferno worked as both a paralegal and a stripper from 2016 to 2019.

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  • Raven Inferno spent three years working as both a paralegal and a stripper to afford her own home.
  • She earned up to $300 a night when she stripped on weekends.
  • “I’d work on contract litigation by day and give lap dances at night,” she said.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with a 27-year-old sex worker from Queensland, Australia, who goes by the name Raven Inferno about her experience working as a paralegal and a stripper. Insider has verified her earnings. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

For three years I worked as both a stripper and a paralegal. It was exhilarating, and it gave my life a lot of dimension and color.

I started stripping in 2016 because I was in a bind at the time. My mom had just passed away from cancer, and I had no place of my own to call home. I was making $40,000 a year before tax as a paralegal, but I couldn’t afford to rent somewhere by myself, so I decided that stripping was a way I could support myself.

I taught myself how to pole dance by watching others

I had an interview with a club, then came in for a trial shift. The club wants to get a sense of your personality to know you’re confident enough to introduce yourself to customers.

At first I had no idea what I was doing. I was imagining I was in a music video. I picked up tricks by practicing when it was quiet.

The first song I had to dance to was “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)” — I thought if I can do it to this song, then I can do this job.

I spent my nights and weekends working at strip clubs to save money while staying with my grandparents.

There’s no hourly rate. We earn money through private lap dances or tips. We have to pay the club a door fee, which can be $15 to $100 a night. Some nights I lost money. On a Friday or Saturday night I would make at least $300.

After eight months I was able to afford my own apartment.

I felt like I was living a double life

I did stripping secretly to avoid being judged. I loved the thrill of it. I’d go to work and pack a bag and tell coworkers I was staying at a friend’s place or make up a fake boyfriend. I was like Clark Kent. I’d work on contract litigation by day and give lap dances at night.

I danced on stage about three to five times a night for four songs, for up to an hour a night. It’s high-intensity movement, like gymnastics. It’s exhausting, but you get really fit.

I’d get to the office at 7 a.m. and leave by 3 p.m. Then I’d go home, take a nap, get to the strip club at about 7 p.m., and leave by 4 a.m. I did that for up to six nights a week. I had no social life because it was really tiring. I’d try not to fall asleep at my desk.

A selfie of Raven Inferno with pink hairRaven quit her job as a paralegal in 2019.

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Some customers can wreck your day

Most customers were tolerable, but others could wreck your day. They would ask why I was doing it or assume my family was disappointed in me. Some tried to break the rules by touching me in places that are not allowed; depending on the venue, either that’s handled really professionally or you’re treated like the problem.

Some clubs may not report these incidents to the police because they fear they’ll get a hefty fine for breaking their license conditions. Often complaints are dismissed because of the negative perception of sex workers. I’ve also seen workers not get paid by the clubs.

I once had my drink spiked by a customer in a club, and was taken to hospital. The hospital assumed it was alcohol-related, and I wasn’t taken seriously. The customer was never caught because they weren’t seen on CCTV.

Raven pictured in glasses, a hot pink blazer and shortsRaven said she learned to pole dance by watching others.

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Everyone has their own hustle strategy

For me, it’s listening to people and giving them attention. Many of the men came in because they didn’t have someone to talk to. I feel like, on the one hand, it’s terrible that someone has to pay to get company and compassion, but on the other hand, it’s beautiful that they can access it through sex workers.

After a while, doing the two jobs took a toll on me. I had to use sick leave to take days to recuperate, but I carried on because I was determined to earn more.

I stopped working as a paralegal in 2019 because I was so burned out from it. I felt I couldn’t be myself in the corporate world, and it was highly demanding.

I’m still a sex worker, but I work only at one venue, on occasion. I’m now an OnlyFans creator, and I do private bookings too.

Overall, though it had challenges, stripping gave me the courage, confidence, and means to rebuild my life to what I wanted it to be.

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Michael Novakhov retweeted: #FBI #DOJ DOJ: Did late James Kallstrom of the NY FBI and his protégé Charles McGonigal fix the Election 2016 for Trump for $1.3 ml by orchestrating the Weiner-Abedin laptop – Clinton emails affair? Do investigate this connection and the lead in fullest. thenewsandtimes.blogspot.com/2023/02/did-la… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Did late James Kallstrom of the NY FBI and his protégé Charles McGonigal fix the Election 2016 for Trump for $1.3 ml by orchestrating the Weiner-Abedin laptop – Clinton emails affair? Do investigate this connection and the lead in fullest.

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France, Italy to Send Missile Systems to Ukraine

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The systems are to be delivered in the spring.

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United Nations Must Do or Die

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It’s high time the UN acts now to either exclude Russia or recognize itself as dysfunctional.

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US Allows Seized Russian Money to go to Ukraine Aid: Report

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The money will come from assets confiscated from Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev.

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Invaders hit 26 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region in past day

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In excess of the past day, Russian troops shelled 26 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region.

“According to the report of the National Law enforcement Primary Section in Zaporizhzhia Location, the occupiers fired at civilian infrastructure in the location of Malynivka, Huliaypole, Huliaypilske, Kamyanske, Chervone, Zatyshshia, Yehorivka, Zaliznychne, Orikhiv, Mali Shcherbaky, Novodanylivka, Olhivske, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne, Shcherbaky, Poltavka, Zelenyi Hai, Novoselivka, Shevchenko, Novokarlivka, Bilohirya, Stepove, Plavni, Stepnohirsk, Zarichne, Komyshuvakha settlements over the past day,” the Zaporizhzhia Regional Armed forces Administration posted on Telegram with reference to the law enforcement details.

It is noted that 36 reviews on the destruction of houses (residences) of citizens and infrastructure objects as a result of the shelling were being acquired.

Additionally, the invaders introduced 156 strikes on the positions of Ukrainian defenders, utilizing tank weapons, rocket and tube artillery alongside the entire line of speak to, the Administration observed.

As noted, the Russian invaders twice shelled a settlement and the drinking water spot of Ochakiv local community, Mykolaiv region, with MLRS yesterday, harmful residences and farm structures.

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A second ‘Chinese surveillance balloon’ has been spotted over Latin America, according to Pentagon officials

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  • A massive, high altitude balloon was spotted Tuesday drifting above the United States.
  • Pentagon officials on Thursday identified the balloon as a “Chinese surveillance” device.
  • On Friday, a second surveillance balloon was identified flying above Latin America.

A second high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon has been spotted in Latin America as one discovered earlier this week drifts across the central United States, Pentagon officials said Friday. 

“We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” AP reported Brigadier General Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said. Ryder declined to give additional details, such as where the second balloon was spotted.

The first balloon was spotted flying over Alaska and parts of Canada before arriving over the city of Billings, Montana — near Malmstrom Air Force Base, which houses 150 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles. 

Ryder said in a statement emailed to Insider that the balloon is currently moving eastward across the country and has “a large payload underneath the surveillance component,” though there is “no physical or military threat to people on the ground.”

China has maintained the device is a “civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes,” according to an official statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China.

US Pentagon officials have declared the balloons surveillance devices. 

“The fact is we know that it’s a surveillance balloon, and I’m not going to be able to be more specific than that,” Ryder said in a statement emailed to Insider. “And we do know that the balloon has violated US airspace and international law, which is unacceptable.”

The Department of Defense declined to answer Insider’s questions regarding the balloons.

These are not the only balloons used as surveillance devices between China and the United States. At least one balloon was discovered over the US during the Trump administration, AP reported. In 1957, China claimed it shot down what it identified as a “spy balloon,” though US Navy called it “a weather experiment that had blown off course,” according to the US Naval Institute. 

While there has been pressure by some members of Congress, as well as Trump, to shoot down the balloon, officials say it’s not that simple, in part because fighter aircraft aren’t designed to target balloons.

When a weather balloon went rogue 25 years ago, two Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 fighter aircraft fired more than 1,000 rounds at it and couldn’t shoot it down.

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