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Proof: Trump breaks silence on taxpayer-funded ‘campaign ads’ as even Republicans balk

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-01T01:41:08Z","headline":"Trump breaks silence on taxpayer-funded ‘campaign ads’ as even Republicans balk","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"independent","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-taxpayer-campaign-tv-ads-republicans-b3059392.html","v":1}

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5ccf07e7cffd4619b8bcfdd2e30cd489c2004bf944b78191b11442a89f1ebce3

OpenTimestamps

Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-10-01 01:42 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-01 01:45 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-01 01:45 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-5ccf07e7cffd.json prints 5ccf07e7cffd4619b8bcfdd2e30cd489c2004bf944b78191b11442a89f1ebce3. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-5ccf07e7cffd.json and headline-5ccf07e7cffd.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-5ccf07e7cffd.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, 1 min after it was first seen.