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Proof: Live updates: Republicans kick off first-ever midterm convention

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c1bcb3ebce1ab8840767abd2944978b8ae52ad04476108fabdbe83cdb60b2e18

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-c1bcb3ebce1a.json prints c1bcb3ebce1ab8840767abd2944978b8ae52ad04476108fabdbe83cdb60b2e18. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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