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Proof: Democrats hone in on a deep red state as Senate battleground suddenly expands

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T22:31:32Z","headline":"Democrats hone in on a deep red state as Senate battleground suddenly expands","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"cnn","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/09/politics/democrats-kansas-senate-midterms","v":1}

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3723a2d96f26fac4fb0501167e2d86891bda58acea7f991b7b4cbde367bb3edc

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970687, mined 2026-10-09 22:53 UTC.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-3723a2d96f26.json prints 3723a2d96f26fac4fb0501167e2d86891bda58acea7f991b7b4cbde367bb3edc. 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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