The Daily Wire&#8217;s October lineup of film and television programming features three mission-oriented documentaries and a popular faith-driven horror-thriller.
“This year, we’ve been quietly curating a powerful content library that goes far beyond our world-famous podcasts,” said Mike Richards, Chief Content Officer and President of Daily Wire Entertainment. “What unites our growing slate is a commitment to telling great stories that speak truth, reflect the values our audience cares about, and give voice to those long underserved by the mainstream.”
Here’s what was released on DailyWire+ in October and what&#8217;s still to come:
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<h3>USS COLE: Al Qaeda&#8217;s Strike Before 9/11</h3>
This three-episode docuseries from BIG Media chronicles Al Qaeda’s suicide bomb attack on the USS Cole in October 2000. Based on the book “Front Burner” by retired Navy Commander Kirk Lippold, the series tells the untold story of a blast in Yemen that left 17 sailors dead and became the blueprint for 9/11. More than a tragedy, it was the warning America ignored.
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All three episodes are available to stream now.
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<h3>The 1916 Project</h3>
Over a century ago, Planned Parenthood was built on racist “population control” — targeting the poor, the weak, and the unwanted. This feature documentary, directed and produced by David Coonradt, shows how the organization grew into the behemoth it is today — and reveals how much it still has in common with the eugenic organization it was launched as.
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<h3>Nefarious</h3>
On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own. Starring Sean Patrick Flanery and Jordan Belfi, directed by Cary Solomon, and inspired by the novel “A Nefarious Plot” by Steve Deace, this popular Christian thriller is sure to delight DailyWire+ audiences.
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<h3>Hiding in Plain Sight: America’s Trafficking Epidemic </h3>
Your children&#8217;s phones could be their greatest danger. &#8220;Hiding in Plain Sight&#8221; takes you inside the shocking world of digital predators who use everyday apps to hunt, groom, and traffic children from their own bedrooms. Produced by Our Rescue, the renowned nonprofit organization dedicated to combating sex trafficking and child exploitation, “Hiding in Plain Sight” offers unprecedented access to undercover law enforcement stings and harrowing survivor accounts. This documentary exposes how traffickers have turned the internet, including social media and online gaming, into hunting grounds — and why no family is safe.
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Directed and executive produced by Nick Nanton and produced by Katie Tschopp, “Hiding in Plain Sight” is streaming free on DailyWire+ starting October 30.
<h3>Friendly Fire</h3>
Friendly Fire is the next decade of The Daily Wire — unleashed. Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, Michael Knowles, and Andrew Klavan go head-to-head in a biweekly clash of ideas, laughs, and cultural combat, joined by special guests like Isabel Brown, Jeremy Boreing, and more.
It’s unscripted, unfiltered, and the loudest way to launch the next chapter of the movement.
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">&#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/journey-to-the-ufc-joe-pyfer">Journey to the UFC: Joe Pyfer</a>,&#8221; a documentary that follows Joe Pyfer’s experiences with homelessness, a toxic family life, and numerous injuries as he made his way to UFC stardom.</li>
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Here’s What Dropped On DailyWire+ In October

Here’s What’s Coming To DailyWire+ In October

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Isabel Brown

Matt Walsh

Michael Knowles

Planned Parenthood

An elderly pro-life Catholic sidewalk counselor who was brutally beaten outside of a Baltimore Planned Parenthood wants the Trump administration to intervene after his attacker was given a slap on the wrist earlier this year. 
Mark Crosby, 75, sent a letter to the Justice Department on Thursday requesting that they “consider prosecution” of the 28-year-old man who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-full-video-shows-lead-up-to-brutal-attack-of-elderly-pro-lifers-by-man-who-dodged-prison?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Full+Video+Shows+Lead-Up+To+Brutal+Attack+Of+Elderly+Pro-Lifers+By+Man+Who+Dodged+Prison">assaulted</a> him and 84-year-old Richard Schaefer outside of Planned Parenthood in downtown Baltimore on May 26, 2023. The letter, obtained by The Daily Wire, suggests that their attacker, Patrick Brice, could face federal charges for targeting them based on their religious beliefs. 
“The attack is shocking for its violence and brutality and was captured on surveillance video,” Terrell Roberts, a lawyer for Crosby, wrote to Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon. “He was [at Planned Parenthood] with another counselor, Dick Schaefer, age 84. They hand out rosaries and religious literature to women and offer religiously based counseling with the goal of preserving the life of the unborn.&#8221;
Footage of the May 26 assault shows Brice getting into an argument with Schaefer before tackling the octogenarian into a potted plant and knocking him out. When Crosby runs up to check on Schaefer, Brice throws him to the ground before punching and kicking him in the head. 
As a result of the attack, Crosby has photophobia, which is extreme sensitivity to bright lights. 
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In August, Brice escaped jail time after Baltimore City Circuit Judge Yvette Bryan sentenced him to just one year of home detention and three years of probation. State prosecutors requested a total of 10 years in prison, asking that the judge send a “strong message of deterrence” against attacking people in broad daylight over their political and religious views.
Brice also dodged a more serious first-degree assault charge in both a jury trial and a bench trial. Bryan acquitted Brice of the charge because she claimed Crosby provoked him by coming to Schaefer&#8217;s aid.
&#8220;Finding Brice not guilty of a violent felony in the face of overwhelming evidence and showing extraordinary leniency by imposing a sentencing without any imprisonment in the face of the prosecution&#8217;s request for a 10-year sentence of imprisonment was a gross miscarriage of justice,&#8221; Roberts wrote.
Crosby accuses Brice of ripping off a crucifix he was wearing around his neck at the time of the attack. During sentencing, Brice disputed this and claimed that he had no animosity toward Christians.

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Beaten Pro-Lifer Asks Justice Department To Intervene After ‘Gross Miscarriage Of Justice’

Baltimore

Civil Rights

Department of Justice

Maryland

Pro-Life Movement

Pop quiz: who said “The most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective?”
Adolf Hitler? Chairman Mao?
No. It was Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood.
Most Americans know Planned Parenthood as the nation’s largest provider of abortion, sex education, and birth control. But a new documentary lays bare the group&#8217;s sinister origins.
Produced by Fieldwork Media and directed by David Coonradt, ‘The 1916 Project’: Exposing Planned Parenthood’s Century Long Culture of Death brings Seth Gruber’s book of the same name to life. The film analyzes how Sanger’s radical advocacy for birth control, sterilization of the “unfit,” and population control informed today’s progressive movements.
Studying Sanger’s own letters and journals, viewers get an inside look into the mind of Sanger from her first illegal birth control clinic in 1916 to launching the multi-billion enterprise Planned Parenthood as we know it.
“The film connects every dot,” says Gruber. “Explaining the origins of third-trimester abortions, euthanasia, radical sex education, Critical Race Theory and the broader cultural turmoil from 1916 and beyond.”
So far, more than 1,000 churches hosted screenings for the film across the country, sparking nationwide discussion.
The film’s release on DailyWire+ brings an even larger audience of viewers seeking clarity on one of the most contentious issues in America.
Even abortion advocates want to distance themselves from Planned Parenthood&#8217;s founder. In 2020, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York announced the removal of Sanger’s name from the Manhattan Health Center.
“The removal of Margaret Sanger’s name from our building is both a necessary and overdue step to reckon with our legacy, and acknowledge Planned Parenthood’s contributions to historical reproductive harm within communities of color,” said Board Chair Karen Seltzer.
Prominent voices are rallying behind the film. Bestselling author and radio host Eric Metaxas calls Sanger’s plans “too horrifying to believe” in revelations of Sanger’s intentions, which he describes as the “literal extermination of races, all by way of the organization she founded.”
Global evangelist and pro-life advocate Nick Vujicic adds, “I meet believers all around the world who want to know what has happened to America.” He calls Seth’s film and book “the definitive guide to how we lost our culture. If the Church awakens and ends abortion in America, The 1916 Project will be remembered as the spark that lit the fire.”
Discover the truth behind America’s largest abortion provider. Stream the premiere of  ‘The 1916 Project: Exposing Planned Parenthood’s Century Long Culture of Death on DailyWire+.

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Mark Crosby arrived in court last week to attend the sentencing of the man who punched and kicked him in the head outside of a Baltimore Planned Parenthood prepared for his attacker to get a light sentence. 
Before the sentencing began, Crosby, 75, sat outside the courtroom holding up photos of his bloodied face as his assailant, 28-year-old Patrick Brice, paced nervously down the hall. Crosby also carried with him the blood stained shirt he was wearing when he was attacked and a list of peaceful pro-life protesters who were jailed during the Biden administration. 
Brice was convicted earlier this year of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment charges for attacking Crosby and then 84-year-old Dick Schaefer as they stood outside a downtown Baltimore Planned Parenthood facility urging women not to get abortions. Surveillance <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-full-video-shows-lead-up-to-brutal-attack-of-elderly-pro-lifers-by-man-who-dodged-prison?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Full+Video+Shows+Lead-Up+To+Brutal+Attack+Of+Elderly+Pro-Lifers+By+Man+Who+Dodged+Prison">footage shows</a> Brice getting into an argument with Schaefer before tackling him to the ground and turning around and attacking Crosby. 
Crosby asked people standing outside of the courtroom, including reporters and supporters, if what happened to him looked like a misdemeanor. 
In the end, his prediction that Brice would get a light penalty came true. Baltimore City Circuit Judge Yvette Bryant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-who-brutally-beat-elderly-pro-lifers-dodges-prison-time?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Man+Who+Brutally+Beat+Elderly+Pro-Lifers+Dodges+Prison+Time">sentenced him</a> to just one year of home detention with work and other allowances, and three years of probation. 
&#8220;What about my rights and my well-being?&#8221; Crosby shouted as Bryant left the courtroom. 
Crosby later told The Daily Wire that he believed the light sentencing was because of the fact that Baltimore is a “criminal-friendly” city and run by pro-abortion officials. Crosby was represented by the Thomas More Society, which decried the sentencing. 
“This was not a minor altercation between two parties with differing views on abortion. It was a vicious, targeted assault on two senior citizens whose only ‘offense’ was praying for expectant mothers and offering life-affirming alternatives to abortion,” Thomas More Society President Tom Brejcha said.
“One of the victims was knocked unconscious. The other suffered broken facial bones and a lifelong eye impairment. This was an act of cowardice and cruelty, and sheer mayhem. This crime deserves far more serious consequences than a ‘get out of jail free’ card and a one-year home detention that amounts to nothing more than a slap on the wrist.”
Brice&#8217;s sentancing contrasted sharply with those of the dozens of peaceful pro-life protesters who were prosecuted by the Biden administration. Many of those defendants were sentenced to years long prison sentences for violating the Freedom to Access Clinic Entrances Act (FACE). 
The law, signed by President Bill Clinton to supposedly guarantee access to both abortion facilities and crisis pregnancy centers, has been used disproportionately against pro-lifers. The Biden administration paired FACE charges with a Reconstruction-era conspiracy against rights law that allows for prison sentences of over 10 years. 
Biden’s Justice Department successfully prosecuted these cases across the country — from Michigan to Tennessee to Washington, D.C. — and got lengthy prison sentences for multiple defendants. 
One woman, Lauren Handy, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-life-activist-sentenced-to-over-four-years-in-prison-over-protest-at-d-c-abortion-facility">was sentenced</a> to 57 months in prison for her role in an October 20 sit-in at the notorious D.C.-based Washington Surgi-Clinic late-term abortion facility. Handy helped lead a protest inside the facility that involved the group singing, praying, locking arms in front of the facility’s staff entrance, and attaching themselves with ropes and chains to block doors inside the building.
They were convicted of FACE Act charges and conspiracy against rights.
Many of Handy&#8217;s co-defendants also received lengthy prison sentences including John Hinshaw (21 months in prison), William Goodman (27 months), Jonathan Darnell (34 months), Herb Geraghty (27 months), Jean Marshall (24 months), Joan Bell (27 months in prison), Paula Paulette Harlow (24 months), and Heather Idoni (24 months). 
Biden’s Department of Justice <a href="https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/seven-defendants-sentenced-federal-conspiracy-against-rights-and-freedom-access-clinic">claimed</a> that the protest “resulted in injury to a clinic nurse.” But the Thomas More Society, which defended Handy, <a href="https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/news/thomas-more-society-files-emergency-appeal-of-lower-court-decision-denying-lauren-handys-release-from-jail-pending-sentencing#:~:text=Lauren%20Handy%2C%20et%20al.,for%20Release%20Pending%20Sentencing%2C%20here.">argued</a> differently. 
“The only basis for a finding of the use of force was when an overzealous clinic worker rushed at the pro-life advocates and tried to forcibly remove them from the clinic waiting room, resulting in her twisting an ankle,” the legal group said. “There was no allegation that Ms. Handy or her co-defendants intended to harm anyone. In fact, Ms. Handy and her co-defendants were united in their commitment to non-violence.”
In another prosecution brought by the Biden administration, six pro-lifers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-life-demonstrators-found-guilty-face-up-to-11-years-in-federal-prison">were convicted</a> in Tennessee of the FACE Act and conspiracy against rights. Their protest involved the demonstrators signing, praying, and sitting in front of doors in a hallway outside of an abortion facility in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.  
Two of those defendants, including 64-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pardoned-pro-life-activist-says-hes-running-on-adrenaline-and-the-holy-ghost-after-trump-pardon">Calvin Zastrow</a> and 75-year-old Chet Gallagher, were sentenced to prison. Heather Idoni, one of their codefendants, was also sentenced to serve a prison sentence to run concurrently with her sentence from D.C.
Another FACE Act defendant was Bevelyn Williams, who was sentenced in New York to 44 months in prison.  
This all changed after Trump took office and he <a href="https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1386366/dl">issued pardons</a> for the FACE Act defendants, meaning that Handy and the other imprisoned pro-lifers were freed. The Justice Department also issued a directive to only enforce the FACE Act in cases of extreme violence.
Crosby believes that the Trump administration should get involved in his case and look at prosecuting what happened to him and Schaefer as a hate crime as he believes that he was targeted for his religious and political beliefs.

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This Man Dodged Prison For Beating Two Pro-Lifers. Biden Jailed Pro-Lifers Over Peaceful Protests.

Abortion

Biden Administration

FACE Act

Tennessee

Washington D.C.

The man who avoided jail time after brutally beating two elderly pro-life advocates in Baltimore accused them of bothering “vulnerable people” seconds before attacking them, according to surveillance footage obtained by The Daily Wire.
Patrick Brice, 28, was<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-who-brutally-beat-elderly-pro-lifers-dodges-prison-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> sentenced</a> by Baltimore Judge Yvette Bryant on Thursday to just one year of home confinement and three years of probation for attacking 73-year-old Mark Crosby and 84-year-old Richard Schaefer as they stood outside Planned Parenthood doing pro-life sidewalk counseling. Crosby was left with serious injuries to his face and multiple fractures.
Before attacking the elderly men, Brice engaged in a heated argument with Schaefer where he told him to “quit bothering vulnerable people.” He then tackled the octogenarian into a potted plant and pushed Crosby to the ground before punching and kicking him in the head.
A four-minute video of the attack obtained by The Daily Wire shows the entire incident unfold. The Baltimore Police Department previously released about a one-minute video with various angles of the attack spliced together.
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The footage shows both Schaefer and Crosby outside of the abortion facility alongside Planned Parenthood “escorts,&#8221; people who guide women seeking abortions into the facility. Brice walks by on the sidewalk before turning back and walking up to speak with Schaefer.
Brice shakes the hands of the Planned Parenthood escorts before continuing to debate Schaefer. Only bits and pieces of audio are discernible in the video, but it appears that Schaefer and Brice were engaged in a theological back-and-forth.
“Say you beat your dick, buddy, say you masturbate,” and “you did it once, repent, and you’ll never do it again. Get the hell out of here,” Brice appears to say in the video. Then he accuses him of harassing “vulnerable people” and Schaefer responded. According to the American Center for Law and Justice, Schaefer<a href="https://aclj.org/pro-life/abortion-distortion-on-full-display-at-the-trial-of-a-monster-who-violently-assaulted-two-elderly-pro-life-advocates" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> said</a> &#8220;it&#8217;s a child&#8221; in response to Brice&#8217;s comments about vulnerable people.
Brice then tackled Schaefer to the ground, breaking a potted plant. Crosby ran up and was forced to the ground and punched and kicked in the head. Brice walked away from the scene and several of the Planned Parenthood escorts ran into their building.
Schaefer is on the ground for about a minute before he attempts to stand up before bystanders tell him to not move before medical help arrives. Crosby was unconscious for about 12 seconds before he got up on his knees. With blood trickling down his face, Crosby walks into a building neighboring the Planned Parenthood, where he receives medical support.
During sentencing, Brice’s lawyer claimed that he believed that Schaefer had made a racially charged comment. Schaefer denied making any such comment or doing anything to provoke the attack. While prosecutors wanted Brice to serve 10 years in prison, Bryant gave him just a year of home detention, and will allow him to travel for work.

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Violent Crime

BALTIMORE — A man who brutally beat two elderly pro-life advocates escaped jail time on Thursday after a judge sentenced him to just one year of home detention and three years of probation.
The sentence for 28-year-old Patrick Brice was handed down by Baltimore City Circuit Judge Yvette M. Bryant. Brice was convicted earlier this year after he left 73-year-old Mark Crosby and 84-year-old Richard Schaefer bloodied outside of a Planned Parenthood on May 26, 2023. 
After the trial, Crosby told The Daily Wire that he was not surprised by the outcome. 
“Baltimore City is criminal-friendly. It&#8217;s not victim-friendly at all, especially if you&#8217;re a senior,” he said outside of the Elijah Cummings courthouse. “Judges do not like pro-lifers. They don&#8217;t like us saving babies, I don&#8217;t know why.&#8221; 
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He said the day he was beaten was “the most glorious” of his life and that he was happy to shed his own blood and suffer for Jesus. 
After the attack, Crosby was treated for a fractured bone in his face, blindness in one eye, head and neck pain, two fractured fingers, and bruising on his arms and legs. Crosby says that the attack left him with photophobia, meaning he has to cover his right eye on sunny days and from very bright lights. 
Crosby, a devout Catholic who was wearing a crucifix during the sentencing, brought photos of his bloodied face and the stained shirt he was wearing the day of the attack. The shirt was ripped from being cut off during shock trauma. 
Brice was convicted in February on two counts of second-degree assault and two counts of reckless endangerment. He dodged a first-degree assault charge in both a jury trial and a later bench trial in May. 
Bryant sentenced him to one year of home detention, which means he will be allowed to travel for work or medical purposes. He will get three years of probation after that and cannot go near an abortion facility or pro-life clinic as well. 
State prosecutors requested a total of 10 years in prison, asking that the judge send a “strong message of deterrence” against attacking people in broad daylight over their political and religious views.
Schaefer and Crosby both gave victim statements during the sentencing.
Schaefer said that “no matter how this goes,” he would be back at Planned Parenthood. He also flatly denied that he had done anything to provoke Brice, as suggested by his lawyer. 
Terrell Roberts, a lawyer, read Crosby&#8217;s victim impact statement. 
In the statement, Crosby asked for a lengthy prison sentence due to the “brutality of the attack” and that he “kicked me in the face like a football player kicking a field goal.” 
During the trial, Brice said that he was sorry for what he did and said that he “snapped” based on a comment he claimed Schaefer made to him that was racial in nature. He said, “I was having a bad day,” and that he was not an abortion activist. 
“I really am sorry,” he said. 
Brice’s lawyer claimed that the attack was not “politically motivated” and said that his client had lost jobs and a relationship because of the case. 
“Justice was not served in this case,” Roberts told The Daily Wire. “Sentencing, I thought, would end up right where it was because they were going to give them all the slack in the world.” 
Roberts said a failed application of the law by Bryant ended with Brice’s acquittal on first-degree assault.
Brice declined to make an official comment to reporters after the sentencing, but indicated he would be reaching out. 
The attack was captured on surveillance video that shows Schaeffer and Brice engaging in a heated argument outside of the downtown Baltimore Planned Parenthood facility. The video then shows Brice tackling Schaeffer into a potted plant. Crosby, who was standing across the street, then runs over, and Brice pushes him to the ground. Brice then straddles Crosby and punches him in the face before standing up and kicking him in the head. 
Schaefer and Crosby regularly go outside the downtown Baltimore Planned Parenthood facility to urge women not to get abortions. The attack did not deter their efforts, and they have both returned to the same Planned Parenthood in the months following the incident. 
Crosby believes that Brice should have been charged with a hate crime because he says he yanked a crucifix he was wearing off his neck and threw it into the bushes. Brice denied having any animosity toward Christians.

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Man Who Brutally Beat Elderly Pro-Lifers Dodges Prison Time

Crime

The man who brutally beat two elderly pro-life sidewalk counselors outside of a Planned Parenthood will be sentenced in Baltimore on Thursday. 
Patrick Brice, 28, could face years in prison for attacking then-73-year-old Mark Crosby and 84-year-old Richard Schaefer on May 26, 2023, as they urged women not to get abortions. The attack was captured on surveillance footage, but Brice was not arrested until July 2024. 
In the video, released by the Baltimore Police Department, Brice can be seen having a heated argument with Schaefer before tackling him into a potted plant. Crosby then runs up and is thrown to the ground by Brice. Brice, who is 6’5, then punches Crosby in the face before standing up, kicking him in the head, and walking off. 
After the attack, Crosby was treated for a fractured bone in his face, blindness in one eye, head and neck pain, two fractured fingers, and bruising on his arms and legs. Crosby says that the attack left him with photophobia, meaning he has to cover his right eye on sunny days and from very bright lights. 
Brice was convicted earlier this year of two counts of second-degree assault and two counts of reckless endangerment. He dodged a more serious first-degree assault charge in both a jury trial and a bench trial.
A second-degree assault conviction in Maryland can carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a $2,500 fine. It would be up to the judge to determine whether the sentences would be served one at a time or concurrently. 
The reckless endangerment convictions could carry penalties of up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. 
Circuit Judge Yvette M. Bryant, who will sentence Brice, claimed during the trial that video footage could suggest that Crosby was looking to join in a fight after he ran up after seeing Schaefer tackled to the ground, Catholic Review <a href="https://catholicreview.org/in-retrial-judge-acquits-man-charged-in-assault-on-pro-life-protester/">reported</a>. 
Crosby has repeatedly said that Baltimore authorities have dragged their feet in bringing his attacker to justice. He says that he was prohibited from showing pictures of his beaten face at the trial and that Brice’s defense attorneys suggested he and Schaeffer were racist.

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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt moved this week to stop abortion giant Planned Parenthood from receiving hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars every year.
Stitt signed an <a href="https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/governor/documents/2025-07-16%20EO%20OHCA.pdf">executive order</a> on Thursday directing the state Medicaid program to not distribute funds to groups that promote abortion or are affiliated with abortion providers. Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains currently receives around $550,000 through SoonerCare every year, Stitt told The Daily Wire. 
“We don&#8217;t want to give to these organizations that are promoting values that are anti-family and anti-what Oklahoma values are,” the governor said. “And so we&#8217;re going to deploy our funds to the hospitals, the doctors, that are actually taking care of families and mothers here in the state of Oklahoma.”
The executive order cited South Carolina&#8217;s recent victory at the Supreme Court in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, which cleared the way for other states to yank Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood. 
Stitt told The Daily Wire that he believed the healthcare money should be going toward doctors and hospitals, not “political organizations” like Planned Parenthood. 
While abortion is officially banned in Oklahoma, Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains still operates multiple facilities throughout the state. On its <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-great-plains/ppgp-health-centers/ppgp-in-oklahoma">website</a> for Oklahoma, it says that it offers “gender affirming care” and advertises that it still does surgical and chemical abortions in nearby Kansas. 
“If you&#8217;re a Medicaid patient, if you&#8217;re someone who needs care, those dollars are still going to be spent in the state,” Stitt said. “We&#8217;re going to take care of women, children, families, in the State of Oklahoma, and we&#8217;re not going to do it through a political organization like Planned Parenthood.”
The order directs all state agencies to cut funding through grants, contracts, state-administered federal funds, or any other way organizations that promote abortion receive taxpayer dollars. It also directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, which oversees the Medicaid program, to devise standards to exclude entities that promote abortion from being credentialed by SoonerCare. The guidance will stipulate that participants must be in line with the state&#8217;s public policy, including the protection of unborn life. 
“We want to make sure that these providers are following the laws and the will of the legislature, which is therefore the will of the people in the state of Oklahoma,” Stitt said. 
Congress recently passed legislation cutting off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, but a federal judge has put that law on hold for the moment.

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Planned Parenthood is closing five clinics in northern California after losing Medicaid funding thanks to President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Big Beautiful Bill.&#8221;
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, the abortion giant&#8217;s largest affiliate in the country, shuttered five locations near the Bay Area on Thursday, saying the bill forced their hand.
The clinics that are closing are all near the Bay Area — located in San Francisco, San Mateo, Gilroy, Santa Cruz, and Madera.
&#8220;We really feel like we are in the fight of our life,&#8221; <a href="https://abc7news.com/post/planned-parenthood-permanently-closes-5-northern-california-health-centers-including-bay-area/17284357/">said</a> Stacy Cross, president and CEO of the Mar Monte affiliate, which serves California and Nevada.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been a Planned Parenthood CEO for 24 years at three separate affiliates, and I can tell you this is really the hardest it&#8217;s been in my entire life,&#8221; Cross said.
Planned Parenthood laid off more than 60 staffers at the five clinics.
&#8220;This law is clearly a back-door ban on abortion in reproductive freedom states,&#8221; Planned Parenthood Mar Monte <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/california-planned-parenthood-closes-5-health-centers/65505340">said</a> in a statement.
The massive spending <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text">bill</a>, which was signed by Trump on July 4, bans Medicaid reimbursements for one year to abortion providers who were getting at least $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements, which Planned Parenthood certainly was — the abortion giant was <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/15/509662288/that-vow-to-defund-planned-parenthood-easy-to-say-hard-to-do">getting</a> about $390 million from Medicaid as far back as 2015.
Federal law already prohibits Medicaid reimbursements for nearly all abortions, but the bill broadens that ban to Planned Parenthood&#8217;s other services.
&#8220;It essentially defunds Planned Parenthood from Medicaid, from us being able to get reimbursed for the care we provide,&#8221; Cross said.
Planned Parenthood <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/planned-parenthood-sues-trump-admin-targeted-provision-megabill/story?id=123554531">sued</a> the Trump administration over the bill shortly after it was signed, and an Obama-appointed judge granted a two-week restraining order against the Medicaid ban.
However, that restraining order <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-california-central-coast/newsroom/defund-in-effect-court-fails-to-grant-relief-to-california-planned-parenthood-organizations-2?utm_source=chatgpt.com">expired</a> on Monday, and the judge then <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/politics/trump-planned-parenthood.html">issued</a> a narrow preliminary injunction that allowed just 10 Planned Parenthoods to get Medicaid payments.
Planned Parenthood has shut down clinics in a slew of states recently, including Manhattan&#8217;s <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262849/planned-parenthood-shutters-only-facility-in-manhattan-after-decades-of-pro-life-prayers">only</a> clinic, <a href="https://www.startribune.com/why-planned-parenthood-is-closing-four-minnesota-clinics-and-laying-off-staff/601362453?utm_source=chatgpt.com">four</a> in Minnesota, <a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/planned-parenthood-closing-4-illinois-clinics?utm_source=chatgpt.com">four</a> in Illinois, <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/health/article/planned-parenthood-houston-closing-20784965.php?utm_source=chatgpt.com">two</a> in Texas, and <a href="https://www.ksl.com/article/51305471/planned-parenthood-closes-2-utah-clinics-citing-trump-freeze-in-federal-funding?utm_source=chatgpt.com">two</a> in Utah.
The White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/myth-vs-fact-the-one-big-beautiful-bill/">defended</a> the Medicaid changes in a fact sheet on the bill.
&#8220;The One Big Beautiful Bill protects and strengthens Medicaid for those who rely on it — pregnant women, children, seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income families — while eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. The One Big Beautiful Bill removes illegal aliens, enforces work requirements, and protects Medicaid for the truly vulnerable,&#8221; the White House said.

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Planned Parenthood&#8217;s annual report looks different this year.
Not only does this report lack the rainbow pride flare of its predecessors — it also omits the most innovative moneymaker from its list of services reported. But did Planned Parenthood simply forget to mention “gender-affirming care,&#8221; or are they trying to push their skeletons deeper into the closet while their funding hangs in limbo?
In past reports, Planned Parenthood lumped “transgender services” in the “other procedures” subcategory. This unassuming breakdown actually triggered high levels of scrutiny after its tally leapt from 15,902 services in the 2020-2021 <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/40/8f/408fc2ad-c8c2-48da-ad87-be5cc257d370/211214-ppfa-annualreport-20-21-c3-digital.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/40/8f/408fc2ad-c8c2-48da-ad87-be5cc257d370/211214-ppfa-annualreport-20-21-c3-digital.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3jpqIKazkCRJZgLqNQioyL">report</a> to 256,550 services <a href="https://cdn.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/25/ed/25ed2675-fbbc-453b-8b35-f8ddaa025b57/281222-ppfa-annualreport-c3-digital.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cdn.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/25/ed/25ed2675-fbbc-453b-8b35-f8ddaa025b57/281222-ppfa-annualreport-c3-digital.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1nJQ2awIJdIsrdoueYgxZU">a year later</a>. Though their total services did reflect a 5% general increase, likely due to COVID, the subcategory specifically reporting “transgender services” outpaced the increase, marking an unprecedented 1,514% increase.
This hike garnered the attention of national conservative organizations like the Heritage Foundation, which <a href="https://www.heritage.org/life/commentary/planned-parenthood-taxpayer-funding-abortion-and-transgender-services-high" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.heritage.org/life/commentary/planned-parenthood-taxpayer-funding-abortion-and-transgender-services-high&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Oq-ZeDgxbFM1hVimhF-8R">said</a> this “so-called gender-affirming care” was the abortion giant’s “game plan” after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. While states exercise freedom to evaluate standards for harmful abortion procedures, Planned Parenthood appears to guarantee a profit nonetheless. Exploiting and promoting modern trans agendas through cross-sex hormone distribution locks in patient dependency, rather than their historic and unstable in-and-out abortion mill business model.
In its 2023-2024 report, Planned Parenthood appears to have shied away from its new radical gender agenda that you would expect to plaster nearly every page. In fact, there are few mentions of “transgender” outside of its small hiding place in the “other procedures” footnote.
That’s where the real mystery begins.
Over the past year, the &#8220;other procedures&#8221; category dropped 56%, down from 177,237 to 77,858. Everyone who lives within 25 miles of a Planned Parenthood knows they have not taken their foot off the transgender gas, so this drop does not pass the simple smell test.
According to the report, this subcategory accounts for WIC services, pediatric care, transgender services, other adult preventative care, and high complexity visits, including infertility services. But even assuming this entire subcategory is composed entirely of transgender services, the numbers still don&#8217;t add up.
The Planned Parenthood Annual Report aggregates the data from local affiliates, some of whom release their own annual reports and are not so shy about their trans involvement.
This is where we see Planned Parenthood’s true ground game in action. Local clinic numbers have continued to skyrocket. For example, in <a href="https://pppswimpactreport.org/archive/2023/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pppswimpactreport.org/archive/2023/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw29ggnnUGuXI5FmZzrMnEDP">2023</a>, Planned Parenthood Pacific Southwest boasted an 85% increase in “gender affirming hormone therapy” (GAHT), reporting 2,549 services in the year. However, they managed another significant increase the following year, racking up <a href="https://pppswimpactreport.org/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pppswimpactreport.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw28OPbcgt8ApKI5EJ8bzeZT">3,433</a> services.
These affiliates report upwards of <a href="https://www.ppmmimpactreport.org/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ppmmimpactreport.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3AZ1D04ojiCRuzYnpytSEK">10,174</a>, <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/84/35/843512f4-65f6-4b75-9a88-262ebb571267/2023_impact_report.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/84/35/843512f4-65f6-4b75-9a88-262ebb571267/2023_impact_report.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw019wgHaQ1sspZcwKFHTZpi">11,134</a>, and even <a href="https://publuu.com/flip-book/654838/1460126/page/4" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://publuu.com/flip-book/654838/1460126/page/4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3pxAzRYNhqfA_HXVZAlLsv">17,270</a> “gender-affirming care” (GAC) or GAHT visits each in their areas. Reports <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/d0/9c/d09c416e-dbc3-4ab5-919a-3b6f65ac6740/2024_annual_report_digital.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/d0/9c/d09c416e-dbc3-4ab5-919a-3b6f65ac6740/2024_annual_report_digital.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0iqOtGoSH6DWoGTaMfYIeu">clarify</a> “many patients receive multiple services in a single visit.” Further, some clinics report the total number of GAC/GAHT patients. For example, <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/35/12/35125771-82dd-4e1d-b081-c916350fe174/2025_gratitude_report_final.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/35/12/35125771-82dd-4e1d-b081-c916350fe174/2025_gratitude_report_final.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1TNsuKFQaG5RHp1q9CjYgI">North Central</a> region reports 5,796 GAHT patients, but likely had significantly more total visits and services.
Only about half of Planned Parenthood’s total affiliates have released 2024 GAC/GAHT numbers, and by the most conservative summation, they outpace Planned Parenthood&#8217;s entire “other services” category on a national level. The available reports categorize 11,680 patients, 8,399 services, and 71,924 visits. Even if you only count “patients” and “visits” once, that totals 87,668. That is almost 10,000 more than the entire category supposedly aggregating transgender services, infertility services, WIC services, and more.
Why won’t Planned Parenthood honestly disclose their involvement with “gender affirming care”?
Planned Parenthood has cashed in <a href="https://lozierinstitute.org/funding-the-nations-largest-abortion-provider-an-investigation-into-public-and-private-support-of-planned-parenthood/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lozierinstitute.org/funding-the-nations-largest-abortion-provider-an-investigation-into-public-and-private-support-of-planned-parenthood/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ARXcyqVF0o8HHVYUuT3rf">billions</a> of dollars from the American taxpayer, and their funding stream seemed like it would always grow — that is, until Congress finally cut them off for a year in the One Big Beautiful Bill. But before that, they received $792.2 million last year, according to the recent annual report. Washington Stand’s Ben Johnson <a href="https://washingtonstand.com/news/planned-parenthood-committed-402230-abortions-received-7922-million-in-taxpayer-funding-in-2024" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://washingtonstand.com/news/planned-parenthood-committed-402230-abortions-received-7922-million-in-taxpayer-funding-in-2024&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Vb9aIg54lEmWgzy0rijpw">reported</a>, “U.S. taxpayers became Planned Parenthood’s largest financial contributor, supplying 39% of the organization’s $2 billion in revenue — up from 34% in the last report.”
Planned Parenthood knows its dealing of cross-sex hormones to <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-california-central-coast/patient-resources/gender-affirming-care" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-california-central-coast/patient-resources/gender-affirming-care&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3AgriE7fHtBz-nJM9GawJ5">kids</a> violates the will of its financial base, taxpayers. In <a href="https://concernedwomen.org/concerned-women-for-america-applauds-supreme-court-decision-upholding-south-carolinas-medicaid-funding-law-in-medina-v-planned-parenthood-south-atlantic/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://concernedwomen.org/concerned-women-for-america-applauds-supreme-court-decision-upholding-south-carolinas-medicaid-funding-law-in-medina-v-planned-parenthood-south-atlantic/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3d-MLHFrlVJxZd19i1hkMo">Medina v. Planned Parenthood</a>, the Supreme Court affirmed a state’s discretion to disqualify Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid recipient. If Planned Parenthood plans to make a case to keep funding, they will need to address their transparency issues; their recent report clearly hides gender affirming care in the dark.
But federal representatives are exposing the light. DOGE Subcommittee Chair Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) launched an <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/doge-subcommittee-chairwoman-greene-investigates-planned-parenthoods-misuse-of-federal-funds/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://oversight.house.gov/release/doge-subcommittee-chairwoman-greene-investigates-planned-parenthoods-misuse-of-federal-funds/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753288184589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0rAGxXED9KHicKzssd8pVZ">investigation</a> into Planned Parenthood’s “misuse of federal funds,” requesting “ financial statements, federal funding, and documents pertaining to its abortion and &#8216;gender affirming&#8217; medical and surgical interventions on children.”
Greene wrote Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill, requesting financial statements, guidance for “gender affirming care” compliance, records concerning the collection or donation of aborted fetal tissue for research/experimentation, and more.
The Subcommittee’s deadline was June 27, 2025. They have not publicly acknowledged any response from Planned Parenthood.
It’s time for reckoning. The American people demand answers for how Planned Parenthood spent their money, and it may take a subpoena from Congress to get an honest answer.
Macy Petty is Legislative Strategist for the Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee dedicated to promoting Biblical values and Constitutional principles in public policy.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from defunding certain Planned Parenthood facilities after President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; was set to slash the abortion provider&#8217;s funding for one year. 
District Court Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction that said the Trump administration could not stop funding Medicaid payments for Planned Parenthood facilities that don’t directly provide abortions or take less than $800,000 in Medicaid funding. Talwani, an Obama appointee, claimed that the provision of the recently signed “Big, Beautiful Bill” that cut funding for Planned Parenthood violated its First Amendment rights. 
“Instead of merely prohibiting Planned Parenthood Members that receive Medicaid funds from providing abortions, the statute prohibits them from affiliating with entities that do. Moreover, the record is devoid of evidentiary support for Defendants’ suggestion that Planned Parenthood entities share funds that are ultimately used for abortions,” the judge <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/politics/planned-parenthood-funding-lawsuit">said.</a> “Therefore, restricting funds based on affiliation with an abortion provider operates only to restrict the associational right of Members that do not provide abortion.”
The injunction will remain in place while the case is being litigated.
Talwani previously issued a temporary injunction against the Trump administration from pulling funding after multiple Planned Parenthood affiliates filed a lawsuit following the passage of Trump&#8217;s signature spending bill. The law bans Medicaid coverage for entities that provide abortion. From 2022 to 2023, Planned Parenthood received nearly $800 million in taxpayer dollars.
“All three democratically elected components of the Federal Government collaborated to enact that provision consistent with their electoral mandates from the American people as to how they want their hard-earned taxpayer dollars spent,” the Trump administration <a href="https://apnews.com/article/planned-parenthood-medicaid-funding-cuts-trump-0bc2c9fc09bce3f0453f0995025bd85f">wrote</a>, saying that Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit was seeking to “supplant duly enacted legislation with their own policy preferences.”
In a statement, Planned Parenthood said that it was disappointed that the judge’s order did not shield all of its facilities. 
“The court has not yet ruled on whether it will grant preliminary injunctive relief to other members,” the abortion giant said. “We remain hopeful that the court will grant this relief. There will be nothing short of a public health crisis if Planned Parenthood members are allowed to be ‘defunded.’” 
Conservative advocates, like Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser, criticized the judge’s order. 
“An activist judge just prolonged the forced taxpayer funding of Big Abortion, a desperate attempt to run out the clock, and a shameful abuse of our tax dollars,” she said. “Planned Parenthood’s desperate ploy for our tax dollars only underscores why the &#8216;One Big Beautiful Bill&#8217; is such a historic win. It halted, for the first time, over half a billion taxpayer dollars from propping up the corrupt abortion industry.”

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On Monday, shortly after Planned Parenthood sued the Trump administration over a provision in the “big, beautiful bill&#8221; that would have cut federal funding for the abortion giant, a leftist federal judge in Massachusetts blocked the provision outright.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, approved Planned Parenthood&#8217;s request to halt the provision, which freezes Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood for one year.
Talwani&#8217;s restraining order, which will last for two weeks, <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.286600/gov.uscourts.mad.286600.18.0.pdf">holds</a> that &#8220;defendants, their agents, employees, appointees, successors, and anyone acting in concert or participation with Defendants are hereby enjoined from enforcing, retroactively enforcing, or otherwise applying&#8221; the relevant provision of the bill.
&#8220;&#8216;Defendants shall take all steps necessary to ensure that Medicaid funding continues to be disbursed in the customary manner,&#8221; Talwani added.
“Talwani’s ruling still allows the administration to enforce the provision against other providers, but Planned Parenthood says it comprises almost the entirety of the impacted entities,” <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5388912-judge-temporarily-blocks-planned-parenthood-defunding-megabill/">The Hill</a> noted.
In 2024, Planned Parenthood’s annual report noted the organization had performed 392,715 abortions between Oct. 1, 2021, and Sept. 30, 2022. That represented a 5% increase over the year before, when 374,155 abortions were performed. Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court in June 2022.
“The document says that locations in states ‘where abortion is protected’ saw a 700% increase in demand,” the <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257428/planned-parenthood-reports-record-number-abortions-latest-annual-report">Catholic News Agency</a> reported. “The report also said that Planned Parenthood helped to refer and coordinate travel for over 33,000 abortions.”
In late June, the Supreme Court ruled that lower courts do not have the unilateral authority to block presidential orders. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who wrote the <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf">opinion</a> for the majority, stated, “federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch; they resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them.”

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