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Maricarmen, 87, Dies; Her Eviction Sparked Spain Housing Protests
The 87-year-old pensioner in Spain whose eviction from her lifelong home sparked nationwide protests has died. María del Carmen Abascal, better known as Maricarmen, died on Wednesday just hours before...
![Shortly before election day, candidate Hayes Gahagan held a press conference to announce that "unknown, subversive agents" had defaced his campaign brochures with subliminal sexual messages that could only be picked up subconsciously, including crude scratches of the word sex and female genitalia hidden in his hairline.[8] "This is no joke," he said. "It's a national scandal, and I'm not the only candidate."[9] Independent observers were unable to confirm the presence of the supposed messages, and the incident caused Gahagan to lose support](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreidar5j2cg33rvndbnu3q6dkbvui6kccgejktqyiy2awt6ezobplda)
