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"scene": "a pharmacy counter with a single pill on a velvet pillow priced like a diamond",
"caption": "\"Generic, you say?\"",
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"scene": "a giant eraser marked OFFICIAL STORY rubbing out a newspaper headline",
"caption": "\"Corrections department.\"",
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"scene": "a mayor cutting a ribbon on a pothole",
"caption": "\"Another infrastructure milestone.\"",
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"scene": "a politician taking an oath with one hand on a bible and the other hand behind his back in a donor's pocket",
"caption": "\"So help me, donors.\"",
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"theme": "Memorials & tributes",
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"scene": "an empty podium with a single lit candle and a folded flag, in solemn quiet",
"caption": "\"The silence says it.\"",
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"theme": "Presidential power & scandal",
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"scene": "a president shredding documents that pile up into a mountain spelling out the very thing he denies",
"caption": "\"Nothing to see here.\"",
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"theme": "Local LA & California politics",
"era": "1960s",
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"scene": "a city hall floating away on a freeway overpass while commuters sit in endless gridlock below",
"caption": "\"Traffic relief is on the way.\"",
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"id": "shadowman-20260925T172534-010",
"theme": "Education",
"era": "1960s",
"source": "theme-bank",
"scene": "a schoolhouse sinking in quicksand labeled BUDGET CUTS while a stadium rises next door",
"caption": "\"Go team.\"",
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"scene": "a giant war machine made of dollar bills, rolling over a tiny olive branch",
"caption": "\"Peace is expensive. War is more profitable.\"",
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"scene": "an elephant and a donkey arm-wrestling on top of a voter who is flattened beneath the table",
"caption": "\"May the best party win.\"",
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"scene": "a lobbyist puppeteer working a whole Congress of marionettes, the strings made of dollar signs",
"caption": "\"Democracy in action.\"",
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"theme": "Civil rights & race",
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"scene": "a statue of Justice peeking under her blindfold at the people in front of her",
"caption": "\"Just checking.\"",
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"scene": "a ballot box drawn as a slot machine, a candidate pulling the lever",
"caption": "\"Feeling lucky, America?\"",
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"scene": "a White House drawn as a leaking ship, aides bailing water with teacups while the captain insists the sea is dry",
"caption": "\"There is no leak. Next question.\"",
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"scene": "a candidate kissing a baby while picking the baby's pocket",
"caption": "\"Family values.\"",
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"scene": "a giant rubber stamp marked EXECUTIVE ORDER crushing a small Capitol dome",
"caption": "\"We found a shortcut.\"",
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"era": "2020s",
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"scene": "a gerrymandered district map shaped like a pretzel with a politician tied up inside it",
"caption": "\"My constituents love me.\"",
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"id": "shadowman-20260925T172534-020",
"theme": "Religion & politics",
"era": "1970s",
"source": "theme-bank",
"scene": "a collection plate being passed around a legislative chamber",
"caption": "\"Tithing, bipartisan.\"",
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