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The following python 3 code is what i've been using in order to extract text from a stored content request in a database. How would i go about stripping the \r, \t and \n characters from the resultant string. I've tried regular expressions and various other methods but none as yet are succesful.

original = sitetextslist[0]

original = str(original)
original = re.sub('\s+', ' ', original)
print(original)

The following string, bar linebreaks, is printed out when i execute the above python code:

             target="_blank" class="clearnet">Tor Network Status</a> (<a href="https://jlve2y45zacpbz6s.onion/" 
             rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">alt</a>)</li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href="https://www.privoxy.org/"
             rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
             class="clearnet">Privoxy</a></li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t</ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t</li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t</ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t
             <ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Security &amp; Guides</h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a
             href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="clearnet">5 Eyes
             (info)</a></li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href="https://www.bleachbit.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
             class="clearnet">Bleachbit</a><!-- <span class="error" title="Blocks certain Tor exit nodes
             completely! Be careful! (01/05/19)">Tor-Block!</span>--></li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a
             href="http://bv4saxizrmqmtqpz55bdsxlle2brn46kx7gvnneh7qgs267ii3s3vbid.onion
             /viewtopic.php?f=150&t=89829" target="blank">The Official BV4 Whonix Guide</a></li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t
             <li><a href="http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
             class="clearnet">Diceware: Secure Passphrases</a></li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li
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Stripping as removing?

target = original.replace('\t', '').replace('\n', '').replace('\r', '')
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