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Proof: AI companies are dumping $265M into the midterms as data center backlash sweeps through communities

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c804060986a9810c688c0e5f845c86b75ee64cdce5b8cf322c044874a39ac4db

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-c804060986a9.json prints c804060986a9810c688c0e5f845c86b75ee64cdce5b8cf322c044874a39ac4db. 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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