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Proof: Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton face off in the CNN California governor debate

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-01T01:23:02Z","headline":"Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton face off in the CNN California governor debate","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"cnn","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/30/politics/live-news/california-governor-debate-midterms","v":1}

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6cef902b98dcce4eb4dc696e374babd1c5a86543e8e65d074b5e7a5cb978c7f9

OpenTimestamps

Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-10-01 01:27 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-01 01:29 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-01 00:34 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-6cef902b98dc.json prints 6cef902b98dcce4eb4dc696e374babd1c5a86543e8e65d074b5e7a5cb978c7f9. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-6cef902b98dc.json and headline-6cef902b98dc.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-6cef902b98dc.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
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.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.