Proof: Thomas Massie hits out at Trump over taxpayer-funded TV ads: ‘This is completely legal... in banana republics’
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2fe983c9c32a96419724eb02508846fd3dc0e4f0efc38c87ac4c6a38521fe593
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sha256sum headline-2fe983c9c32a.jsonprints2fe983c9c32a96419724eb02508846fd3dc0e4f0efc38c87ac4c6a38521fe593. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address. - Drop
headline-2fe983c9c32a.jsonandheadline-2fe983c9c32a.json.otsonto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node:ots verify headline-2fe983c9c32a.json.ots(ots upgradefirst while the receipt is pending). - 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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