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2 Charged After Pouring Red Powder Over Case Holding U.S. Constitution | Two activists poured the powder over the protective case to call attention to climate change (www.nytimes.com)
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The Constitution was not damaged, according to the National Archives Museum, which said that the powder was found to be a combination of pigment and cornstarch.

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[-] GluWu@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

Private crime scene clean up crew. Need to scrub the brain matter off the ceiling before it soaks in and makes the next tenants uncomfortable. That'll be $2700. Oh we need to vacuum up a bunch of dust, but in a super special location? The government funded federal cleaning crew will have that vacuumed up with 2 wipe downs for only $50k.

[-] Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Would be hilarious if, while the people are getting arrested and the fancy cleaning crew is being called and all, Bob the Janitor came by, mopped it up, and went on with his day without giving it much more thought.

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