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‘JD Vance is a dirtbag’: A bumpy ride for US vice-president on Maine road trip

Senate seat is perceived as critical to the overall balance of power

By Keith Duggan
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#3032
First seen
26 Aug 2026, 11:14 UTC
Last checked
27 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
Version history
2 versions
Current fingerprint
803b383b197e...aed597
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Publisher layer

Recorded article metadata

Image URL supplied by The Irish Times.
Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
26 Aug 2026, 10:56 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Keith Duggan
Section
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Source-supplied excerpt
Senate seat is perceived as critical to the overall balance of power
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    ‘JD Vance is a dirtbag’: A bumpy ride for US vice-president on Maine road trip

    Senate seat is perceived as critical to the overall balance of power

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    ‘JD Vance is a dirtbag’: A bumpy ride for US vice president on Maine road trip

    Senate seat is perceived as critical to the overall balance of power

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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Capture provenance

Capture ID
#2738
Observed
26 Aug 2026, 11:29 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
852,005 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt
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