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The US Civil War was a Big Mistake. We Would Be Better Off If The South Was a Foreign Country. They Got Problems? Awww... That's Sad... But... We Just Don't Care!

 

map: The US Civil WAR was a Big Mistake. We Would Be Better Off if The South Was a Foreign Country. They Got Problems? Awww... That's Sad... Sure Hope You Solve Them!
The Area in White is Another Third World Country 
in Trouble all the Time... We Could Ignore Their Problems
Like We Ignore Haiti...

The USA Spends a Lot of Taxpayer Dollars Solving the Disasters in Our Southern States... FEMA... Hurricanes, Floods, Tornadoes..

and the South Pays Very Little in Taxes because the People are Poor... and there are Very Few Businesses... 

Abe Lincoln regretting the Civil War...


Electronics is Centered in California and Washington State... Biotech is In Massachusetts and San Francisco... Airplanes are Built in Seattle and Los Angeles... and what Does the South Have? Coca-Cola, Disney World, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton!

Did you Notice That their Governors Are insane? Just Look at Gov Greg Abbott and Gov Ron Death Santa! If They Ruled a Foreign Country Their Madness Would NOT Be Important! 
After All... North Korea has had a Lunatic for Decades... 

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Of Course the Problem of SLAVERY Would have to be Solved using a different method... Since Slavery Happened in all the Countries of the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and South America... SOME OTHER SOLUTION WOULD HAVE HAPPENED BY NOW... Frankly, I Like the Slave Revolt of Haiti and the Murder of All the White Plantation Owners... but there are Other Methods...


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Trump Did a Horrible Job as President. Unemployment Went to 14.7% and there were Massive Lines at the FREE FOOD Giveaway Locations. Now, Unemployment is 3.9% and People Can BUY FOOD at the Grocery Store! Thanks, Joe!
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The US House HAS that Authority To IMPEACH THE CORRUPT SUPREME COURT... Please CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE and Tell 'em to End the Q-Madness!
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FUND THE POLICE. I'm Totally in Favor of Police Arresting REAL CRIMINALS. For Example: TREASON, Insurrection, Murder, Rape, Fraud, Income Tax Evasion, Robbery, Kidnapping, Crazy People with GUNS, muggers, arson, wife beaters, BRIBERY of Politicians and Seditious Conspiracy.
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TRUMP LOST IN 2020 and That's Why He Lives at Mar-A-Loser, Florida... and Joe Biden Lives in The White House... DUH... and Repeating a Lie One Million Times FAILS to Change That!
If Elected in 2024, Trump Will Cause Global Economic Collapse. He Plans to Declare Bankruptcy for the Entire USA So We Won't Have to Pay...


VOTE 4 JOE The Economy is Doing Great! Jobs are UP, Wages Are UP, Stock Market is UP... Vote for Democrats Everywhere... Protect Social Security, Medicare. Fund the Police, Infrastructure, and The US Military.
Trump is Terrified of being Executed for Treason. That's Why He Wants Absolute Immunity... He Knows He's GUILTY and He Knows He'...


Movie Sequel: "Who is Killing the Evil Billionaires of America?" A Remake of the Film "Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?" Hollywood! WAKE UP! This Could be Bigger than Barbie!
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Drumpf Uber Alles! The Trump NAZI Occult Connection: A Search for Magic Powers that will let Him and his Children Rule the World Forever... and His Grandchildren...
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What's the Difference Between Trump and Hitler? Serious Question. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? Inquiring minds want to know!
Trump's Favorite Book Is: "My New Order" by Adolf Hitler... When Trump says he has NOT read "Mein Kampf" ... That Co...


Are the Corrupt Supreme Court Justices In Danger? It's a Lifetime Appointment but... How Long is a Lifetime? Just Asking the Obvious Question...
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PragerU Says: Slavery: FREE Boat Ride to America... Guaranteed Job For Life! Who Would Turn Down an Offer Like That? Classic GOP SPIN... Technically True but Totally Missing REALITY...

PragerU SUXX - They write textbooks telling false tales about history... Like: Slavery taught skills that Blacks could use to improve their own lives. Contact Info... 

PragerU SUXX - They write textbooks telling false tales about history... Like: Slavery taught skills that Blacks could use to improve their own lives.

On the Florida K-5 ELA Supplemental Book 
Opt-Out Form: You May Request...
"My Child is Not Allowed to See or Be Exposed
to Any PragerU Materials At All! Thank You!"

Link to Their Main Website: 

For general inquiries: info@prageru.com

For Example: You Could Write 'em an Email Protesting False History Lessons!

I said: "Are Your Books Teaching ACCURATE HISTORY? I've heard that they are Republicriminal Propaganda Designed to Brainwash Children... "Grooming" Future Generations to be Mind Control Slaves. Is This True? Are You Demonically Possessed?"

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Headline: PragerU Says Florida Teachers Approved to Use Its Class ‘Curriculum’
It’s the latest shakeup to Florida’s public education curriculum, which has taken a sharp conservative turn under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ leadership.
The Florida Department of Education told The Daily Beast in an email that it determined PragerU Kids’ material “aligns to Florida’s revised civics and government standards” and can be used by school districts at their discretion.
The announcement comes less than a week after the state announced middle school students would be taught that slavery was beneficial to some Black people, and as DeSantis actively cheerleads the Moms For Liberty—classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center—as they fight to restrict education about race and gender.

Florida’s attacks on academic freedom just got even worse.

In a years-long campaign that now seems destined to end with a third-place finish in Iowa, DeSantis reshaped Florida in his image, pursuing culture-war fights that he hoped would grab media attention and convince Republican primary voters that he was hurting their most hated enemies.
Among these was the seizure and restructuring of New College of Florida, a public liberal arts college in Sarasota that was long known in the state for its curious students, eclectic faculty and countercultural bent.

Mass Exodus at New College After DeSantis’ Conservative Takeover.

New College of Florida is in complete chaos after Gov. Ron DeSantis staged a conservative takeover of the school earlier this year. Now, with the semester’s start just weeks away, students are being greeted with housing issues, canceled classes, and missing professors. Since DeSantis appointed six new right-wing trustees to the school’s board in January, more than 40 faculty members have quit the small public college. 

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SCOTUS Goes Gun Crazy - Legalizes Removing Serial Numbers from Guns - Helping Criminals Escape the Police - "Justice" Thomas Quotes 1791 Law...

Of Course, SLAVERY was legal in 1791 but "Justice" Thomas has no opinion about that! 

Judge rules federal law banning guns with serial numbers removed is unconstitutional... 

A federal judge blocked a federal law on Wednesday that prohibits the possession of a firearm with an “altered, obliterated or removed” serial number in light of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling expanding gun rights earlier this year. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the majority opinion that the regulations on firearms should be “consistent” with historical patterns of regulating firearms.

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Following Supreme Court’s Lead, Judge Finds Right to Remove Serial Numbers From Guns... For decades, federal law has forbidden gun owners from scratching out the serial numbers that manufacturers are legally required to place on firearms. The reason is obvious: These serial numbers help state and federal law enforcement trace guns that are used in crimes and identify suspected shooters. Indeed, the only apparent reason anyone would remove a serial number is to avoid becoming a suspect after their gun is used illegally. On Wednesday, however, a federal judge ruled that the law prohibiting alteration of serial numbers violates the Second Amendment. Why? Because serial numbers were virtually nonexistent when the amendment was ratified in 1791, so the government has no power to mandate them today.

Ban on guns with serial numbers removed is unconstitutional - U.S. judge... 

The Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves Lives...

By enacting simple laws that make guns safer and harder to get, we can prevent killings like the ones in Uvalde and Buffalo...


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The GOP SAYS OBEY: Simply Do What They Tell You To Do! Let the Old White Men Make All Decisions and Don't Worry about Making Choices Yourself... THAT'S INSANE! LET'S KEEP ABORTION LEGAL INSTEAD!

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Copy Cat Alert! Trump Didn't Even Hire His Own Slogan Writers... He Just Stole From Ronald Reagan's Campaign... 

Ronald Reagan's Campaign Slogan "Let's Make America Great Again"

"Let's Make America Great Again"

If America is to become Great AGAIN, there Has to Be a YEAR When it Was Great to BEGIN WITH! 

I Wonder, When Exactly Was He Speaking Of?

Was 1848 in the American South the Perfect Time? Slavery Was Legal and That Allowed Plantation Owners to Live a Work Free Life. Women Did Not Have the Right to Vote. Gays Did Not Exist... and No Hippies! 

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Of Course, Members of QAnonGOP Always See Themselves are Rhett Butler from the Movie "Gone With the Wind." They Never See Themselves as Jed Clampett, a Poor Mountaineer That Barely Kept His Family Fed... With a "Barefoot and Pregnant" Wife... 

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And then When Donald Trump did his Copy Cat Slogan Hijacking... His Favorite Time When America Was Best was 1775... We Had a King! and Donald Wishes We Had a Time Machine so he could Go Back Then and He Would Be the King!

Trump's Second Favorite Time was "The Fifties" when "Father Knows Best" and "Happy Days" were Perfect Examples of American Life... No Back Talking Women's Libbers, Abortion was Illegal, The Pill had not been invented, No Hippies, Blacks "Knew their Place" and we were free to Hire Mexicans at Half the Wages Americans Worked for... and Most Importantly... ELVIS WAS KING! and The Beatles Didn't Exist!  

SO... What to Do? Campaign for Democrats Nationwide or The GOP Will be Writing Laws that YOU Will Have to OBEY or the'll Lock You UP!

Help Democrats Running for Congress by Sharing Their Campaign Websites on Social Media. Simply Copy and Paste the LINK and a Short Description.

It Costs You Nothing... 
Could Save America From Disaster... 
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https://www.rebekahjonescampaign.com/ Rebekah Jones is running against Republican Matt Gaetz for US House of Representatives in Florida. #FreeNestor She's Really Smart and We Need Smart People in the House!

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https://marcusforgeorgia.com/ Marcus Flowers is the Democrat running to defeat Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia’s 14th District. 

https://sitesforcongress.com/ Jeffrey Sites is running against Republican Jim Jordan for the US House of Representatives in Ohio. 

https://lucyforcongress.com/  About Lucy: The most important title that Congresswoman Lucy McBath will ever hold is “Mom.” 

https://katieporter.com/ Katie Porter is serving her second term in Congress, representing California's 45th Congressional District. Once a UC Irvine law professor and nationally-renowned consumer advocate who held Wall Street banks accountable for ripping off California consumers and homeowners during the financial crisis.

https://charlesbooker.org/ Running Against Rand Paul... KENTUCKY, IT'S TIME WE STAND TOGETHER. From the hood to the holler, this is about family. There's nothing they can do to stop us when we work together.

https://gavinnewsom.com/ Gavin is Running for Re-Election as Governor of California. He's Done an Excellent Job So Far. He Might Run for President of the USA in 2024 or 2028...

https://markkelly.com/ Mark Kelly Says: I’m running for the United States Senate because Washington is broken and Arizonans deserve independent leadership focused on solving the problems we face. When I’m traveling around Arizona with my wife Gabby Giffords, many of you come up to say hello. 

https://chambersforlouisiana.com/

Gary Chambers’ mission in life is Do Good, Seek Justice. He’s been leading the fight for a better, more just Louisiana. Gary is a leading social justice advocate based in Baton Rouge.

Running against Senator John Kennedy... "You Can't Fix Stupid but You Can Vote Him Out."  

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https://philarballo.com/ Phil Arballo Was Running Against Evil Republican Devin Nunes for the US House of Representatives near Fresno. BUT, DEVIN HAS QUIT POLITICS to Become President of the Trump Media Corporation... WhatEVER... Thanks For Quitting! Now, Move out of California. Just GTFO! 

https://www.kermitjonesforcongress.com/ Dr. Kermit Jones Says: As a doctor and a veteran, my life has been guided by a series of oaths – to my patients and to our country. Now, I'm running against Republican Tom McClintock to represent the people of California's 4th Congressional District.

https://charliecrist.com/ Charlie Crist is running for Governor of Florida Against Ron Death Santa. 

https://staceyabrams.com/ Stacey Abrams is running for Governor of Georgia against Brian Kemp... Who Stole the Election Last Time by Throwing Out Democratic Votes... 

https://johnfetterman.com/ John Fetterman is running for Senator in Pennsylvania. John doesn’t look like a typical politician, and more importantly, he doesn’t act like one. He supported legalizing marijuana before it was popular, officiated a same-sex marriage before it was legal, and pushed for single payer healthcare long before it was mainstream. The issues John is running on now are the same issues he’s been working on for the last two decades.

https://timforoh.com/ Tim Ryan is a relentless advocate for Ohio’s working families. He’s running for U.S. Senate to cut workers in on the deal. Ohioans are working harder than ever, but they’re falling further behind. In the Senate, Tim will fight to raise wages, make healthcare more affordable, invest in education, rebuild our public infrastructure, and revitalize manufacturing so we can make things in Ohio again. 

https://valdemings.com/ Val Demings is Running for US Senate against Republican Marco Rubio for US Senate in Florida.

https://warnockforgeorgia.com/ Ralph Warnock is running to be Re-Elected Senator from Georgia. Republican Candidate is Yet to be Chosen.  

https://castenforcongress.com/ Sean Casten is a respected scientist, clean energy entrepreneur, and author 

https://jessicacisnerosforcongress.com/about/ Jessica Cisneros is fighting to build an America for all of us — no matter who we are, or where we come from.

https://www.marinazimmerman.com/ Republican candidate Marina Zimmerman is running against Lauren Boebert in the Colorado Primary for the House of Representatives... 

https://betoorourke.com  Beto O'Rourke is Running Against Republican Greg Abbott for Governor of Texas. Abbott signed the Crazy Gun Laws that lead to 19 Children being Murdered at a School. Abbott Signed Crazy Abortion Laws. 

https://charliecrist.com/ Charlie Crist for Governor of Florida. He is Running Against Ron Death Santa... a QAnon Madman.

There are Plenty of Other Candidates to Promote... Who Will Defeat Republican Ron Johnson from Wisconsin? I Don't Know Yet! 

Remember: If the GOP Wins the House in 2022 they will Impeach Biden. Remember: Biden would not have to Actually Commit an Impeachable Offense...

He would only need to be ACCUSED by Republicriminals! A Majority VOTE!

and then He will Not be Convicted in the Senate. So They will Impeach Him again... and again... and again... Many Many Many Times before the 2024 election... and Biden Will Not Run in 2024... Exhausted by Endless Attacks and OLD AGE.

Maybe the GOP Will Only Impeach Biden Three Times... So He will Hold the Record of the Most times Impeached... after all they will need to Impeach Kamala Harris as well... and SCOTUS Jackson... That way the Speaker of the House Becomes President! and they OUTLAW Voting, Crown Trump King and Pass more Tax Cuts for the Rich Laws, Steal all the Social Security Money, Throw all Old People OFF Medicare, Outlaw Abortion and Birth Control, Rewrite all History Books so White People are always Wonderful and Right! Imprison all the Gays, Declare Jesus is the ONE TRUE GOD... and Send all the Non-White Immigrants Right Back Where they Came From!

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'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley was sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in Trump's Failed Attempt to Overthrow the US Government and Crown Himself Czar. January 6th, 2021 at the US Capitol.

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Slavery Was a Bad Idea. Free Boat Ride? Guaranteed Job for Life? Who Could Say No? Millions of Africans Came to the USA and Now They Won't Leave! *Just Joking*

Let's Teach Accurate History in Our Schools. The GOP Has Invented a "Culture War" Crisis Over - LYING LIKE A FLAMING TRUMP Or Telling The Truth. 

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Today would be a Great Day for Students All Over the USA to Publish Accurate History Lessons on The Internet... DO RESEARCH, Write a Blog, Share with Your Classmates and Visitors from All Over the World! 

Plus, You Get to Make Republicriminals Unhappy!

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Massive #ArrestTrump Movement on Social Media. Millions of Americans are Demanding That The DOJ "Lock Him UP!" Read More at:

Click Here to Help Defend Democracy! Post Your Own Memes, Videos and Rants! or Like and Share Mine...

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The 1619 Project is a long-form journalism project developed by Nikole Hannah-Jones, writers from The New York Times, and The New York Times Magazine which "aims to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of the United States' national narrative."[1] The project was first published in The New York Times Magazine in August 2019 for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the English colony of Virginia.[2] These were also the first Africans in mainland British America, though Africans had been in other parts of North America since the 1500s. The project later included a broadsheet article, live events, and a podcast.[3]


The first African slaves in what would become the present-day United States of America arrived August 9, 1526 in Winyah Bay with a Spanish expedition. Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón brought 600 colonists to start a colony. Records say the colonists included enslaved Africans, without saying how many.

Slavery strongly correlated with the European colonies' demand for labor, especially for the labor-intensive plantation economies of the sugar colonies in the Caribbean and South America, operated by Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal and the Dutch Republic.

Slave-ships of the Atlantic slave trade transported captives for slavery from Africa to the Americas. Indigenous people were also enslaved in the North American colonies, but on a smaller scale, and Indian slavery largely ended in the late eighteenth century.



Not Only did Slaves Come to America Before The Mayflower, 
They Went to South Carolina EVEN Earlier!


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State of Jefferson and Washington DC
Added - Texas and Florida GTFO!
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From someone who teaches AP US History:
If you are confused as to why so many Americans are defending the confederate flag, monuments, and statues right now, I put together a quick Q&A, with questions from a hypothetical person with misconceptions and answers from my perspective as an AP U.S. History Teacher:
Q: What did the Confederacy stand for?
A: Rather than interpreting, let's go directly to the words of the Confederacy's Vice President, Alexander Stephens. In his "Cornerstone Speech" on March 21, 1861, he stated "The Constitution... rested upon the equality of races. This was an error. Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth."
Q: But people keep saying heritage, not hate! They think the purpose of the flags and monuments are to honor confederate soldiers, right?
A: The vast majority of confederate flags flying over government buildings in the south were first put up in the 1960's during the Civil Rights Movement. So for the first hundred years after the Civil War ended, while relatives of those who fought in it were still alive, the confederate flag wasn't much of a symbol at all. But when Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis were marching on Washington to get the Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965) passed, leaders in the south felt compelled to fly confederate flags and put up monuments to honor people who had no living family members and had fought in a war that ended a century ago. Their purpose in doing this was to exhibit their displeasure with black people fighting for basic human rights that were guaranteed to them in the 14th and 15th Amendments but being withheld by racist policies and practices.
Q: But if we take down confederate statues and monuments, how will we teach about and remember the past?
A: Monuments and statues pose little educational relevance, whereas museums, the rightful place for Confederate paraphernalia, can provide more educational opportunities for citizens to learn about our country's history. The Civil War is important to learn about, and will always loom large in social studies curriculum. Removing monuments from public places and putting them in museums also allows us to avoid celebrating and honoring people who believed that tens of millions of black Americans should be legal property.
Q: But what if the Confederate flag symbol means something different to me?
A: Individuals aren't able to change the meaning of symbols that have been defined by history. When I hang a Bucs flag outside my house, to me, the Bucs might represent the best team in the NFL, but to the outside world, they represent an awful NFL team, since they haven't won a playoff game in 18 years. I can't change that meaning for everyone who drives by my house because it has been established for the whole world to see. If a Confederate flag stands for generic rebellion or southern pride to you, your personal interpretation forfeits any meaning once you display it publicly, as its meaning takes on the meaning it earned when a failed regime killed hundreds of thousands of Americans in an attempt to destroy America and keep black people enslaved forever.
Q: But my uncle posted a meme that said the Civil War/Confederacy was about state's rights and not slavery?
A: "A state's right to what?" - John Green
Q: Everyone is offended about everything these days. Should we take everything down that offends anyone?
A: The Confederacy literally existed to go against the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the idea that black people are human beings that deserve to live freely. If that doesn't upset or offend you, you are un-American.
Q: Taking these down goes against the First Amendment and freedom of speech, right?
A: No. Anyone can do whatever they want on their private property, on their social media, etc. Taking these down in public, or having private corporations like NASCAR ban them on their properties, has literally nothing to do with the Bill of Rights.
Q: How can people claim to be patriotic while supporting a flag that stood for a group of insurgent failures who tried to permanently destroy America and killed 300,000 Americans in the process?
A: No clue.
Q: So if I made a confederate flag my profile picture, or put a confederate bumper sticker on my car, what am I declaring to my friends, family, and the world?
A: That you support the Confederacy. To recap, the Confederacy stands for: slavery, white supremacy, treason, failure, and a desire to permanently destroy Selective history as it supports white supremacy.
It’s no accident that:
You learned about Helen Keller instead of W.E.B, DuBois
You learned about the Watts and L.A. Riots, but not Tulsa or Wilmington.
You learned that George Washington’s dentures were made from wood, rather than the teeth from slaves.
You learned about black ghettos, but not about Black Wall Street.
You learned about the New Deal, but not “red lining.”
You learned about Tommie Smith’s fist in the air at the 1968 Olympics, but not that he was sent home the next day and stripped of his medals.
You learned about “black crime,” but white criminals were never lumped together and discussed in terms of their race.
You learned about “states rights” as the cause of the Civil War, but not that slavery was mentioned 80 times in the articles of secession.
Privilege is having history rewritten so that you don’t have to acknowledge uncomfortable facts.
Racism is perpetuated by people who refuse to learn or acknowledge this reality.
You have a choice. - Jim Golden”

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