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  "site": "https://stallman.org",
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  "textContent": "The world's two largest airlines (United and American) propose to merge.\n\nThe idea is absurd in principle, since it would undermine competition. Under a government that believed in preserving competition, they would never have proposed this. But the wrecker encourages the businesses that support him to merge and become a monster — as long as they use their power in devious ways to punish his designated enemies.",
  "title": "Two largest airline propose to merge"
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