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Proof: Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-01T21:10:49Z","headline":"Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/hegseth-musk-warfare-taskforce","v":1}

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e3a991a3d835852b0b1a76735b2dc954a8f8266de42fe568d7d18bdba37b1811

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969499, mined 2026-10-01 22:59 UTC.

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-01 21:14 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-e3a991a3d835.json prints e3a991a3d835852b0b1a76735b2dc954a8f8266de42fe568d7d18bdba37b1811. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-e3a991a3d835.json and headline-e3a991a3d835.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-e3a991a3d835.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.

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