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The Globe staff were asked who, of everyone who's ever lived, they would interview for their one “grail” interview.

DOGE Has 10 Staffers at Social Security in Hunt for Dead People,” the headlines read recently. I found a dead person on Social Security. Right here in Seattle, on Capitol Hill.

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