Election deniers are mobilizing their supporters and rolling out new tech to disrupt the November election. These groups are already
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Election Workers Are Already Burned Out—and on High Alert
“They’re exhausted,” Tammy Patrick, CEO of the National Association of Election Officials, which has a membership of 1,800 officials across
Continue readingElection Workers Are Drowning in Records Requests. AI Chatbots Could Make It Worse
Many US election deniers have spent the past three years inundating local election officials with paperwork and filing thousands of
Continue readingTrump Loyalists Kill Vote on US Wiretap Program
For the third time since December, House Speaker Mike Johnson has failed to wrangle support for reauthorizing a critical US
Continue readingElon Musk Is Platforming Far-Right Activists in Brazil, Defying Court Order
A Brazilian court has announced that it will be opening an investigation into X owner Elon Musk for obstruction of
Continue readingInside the Election Denial Groups Planning to Disrupt November
One of EagleAI’s key backers is former Trump adviser Cleta Mitchell, who in the past two years has become central
Continue readingA Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress
Congress may be closer than ever to passing a comprehensive data privacy framework after key House and Senate committee leaders
Continue readingThe Solar Eclipse Is the Super Bowl for Conspiracists
If that wasn’t enough, NASA is launching three satellites as part of its Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission.
Continue readingWeekend podcast: Nick Cave on how grief shapes his art, Marina Hyde on the Thames Water crisis, and bread’s role in British society | Life and style
This week, Marina Hyde discusses the Thames Water crisis after a sewage-plagued boat race (01:27); Simon Hattenstone interviews Nick Cave,
Continue readingThe Influencers with as Much Presidential Access as the Press
“The right has long had its own ecosystem, even before the internet,” Katie Harbath, former public policy director at Facebook,
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