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Proof: Trump on botched Tennessee execution: 'It shouldn't be very difficult'

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T00:30:17Z","headline":"Trump on botched Tennessee execution: 'It shouldn't be very difficult'","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"usatoday","url":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/10/01/trump-reacts-botched-christa-pike-execution-tennessee/92046093007/","v":1}

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9c573a44bfb2a54101f1ac4e990d767c43d276d8ac8b59edc5ccbc155bd3022c

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969510, mined 2026-10-02 00:47 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-02 00:32 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 00:33 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-9c573a44bfb2.json prints 9c573a44bfb2a54101f1ac4e990d767c43d276d8ac8b59edc5ccbc155bd3022c. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-9c573a44bfb2.json and headline-9c573a44bfb2.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-9c573a44bfb2.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, 2 min after it was first seen.